Damon Wilson: NATO pretended that Ukraine's membership was not discussed
NATO conference in Wales tried to pretend that the draft law on accession of Ukraine to the Commonwealth never existed, said on the last working day of the week during a telephone conference Vice-President of the Atlantic Council of Damon Wilson (Damon Wilson).
" They tried to pretend that it never happened, and just didn't say it. This case can be distinguished on the reluctance to start a more aggressive, militarily, self-same, " says Wilson.
before the government of Ukraine approved the draft law on the abolition of non-aligned status of the country and the capture rate for membership in NATO. Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the purpose of Kiev, " the special status between Ukraine and NATO ". However, the staff of the foreign Ministry stated that the issue of Ukraine's accession to NATO in the agenda of the summit is not listed.
According to Wilson, the Ukrainian Consideration of the bill was delayed even before the summit in Wales." Consideration of the draft law was postponed specifically yesterday the start of the summit, which may raise questions about whether the intention to join NATO to be a part of Ukrainian politics, " said Wilson, adding that the conference " open door policy was pushed to the background ".
Attitude to the question of the accession of Ukraine to NATO reflects the contradictions between its Eastern and Western regions: the former tend to Russia and take this opportunity as a threat, and the latter is considered the chance to integrate into the Euro-Atlantic space. The third head of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko (2005-2010) took a course on the country's accession to NATO, but his successor Viktor Yanukovych (2010-2014) has achieved a legislative recognition of the non-aligned status of Ukraine.
In spring and summer, the authorities stated that the issue of Ukraine's membership in the Alliance is not necessary, as in society, there is no consensus on the matter. Within the Alliance itself many times it was said that the question of the membership of Ukraine until not worth it. In 2008, NATO countries have already rejected the proposal of Ukraine to receive an action Plan for membership.
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