Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga stressed that Ukraine still considers joining NATO the only most effective security guarantee for itself, therefore it is not going to abandon its course.
Points of attention
- Sibiga recalled that the course for Ukraine's accession to NATO is enshrined in the Constitution.
- Putin has intimidated NATO members in the past by threatening to occupy Ukraine.
Ukraine will not make concessions on NATO accession
The head of Ukrainian diplomacy once again reiterated that Kyiv's position on the desire to join NATO is firm, the course for joining NATO has long been enshrined in the Constitution.
In addition, one cannot ignore the fact that the overwhelming majority of Ukrainian society supports Ukraine's membership in the Alliance.
The Ukrainian diplomat reminded us that we have already gone through "alternative options."
First of all, we are talking about the total failure of the Budapest Memorandum.
Moreover, everyone has already realized that the creation of any "gray zones" only leads to further escalation.
Putin intimidated NATO members
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine revealed the details of a conversation with a foreign colleague who attended the summit in Bucharest back in 2008.
What is important to understand is that it was then that a decision could have been made to provide Ukraine and Georgia with a Membership Action Plan.
According to him, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin then directly threatened European leaders that he would occupy Ukraine if such a decision was made.