Sixty-two percent of Ukrainians support Ukraine's membership of NATO, and 57% want the country to join the European Union, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze has said.
The structure of Ukraine’s Defence Ministry will be changed in line with the NATO standards within the upcoming two years, advisor to the Ukrainian President and Assistant to the Defence Minister Yuriy Biriukov said in a TV commentary.
President Petro Poroshenko will sign the Law enshrining Ukraine's course towards NATO membership as a strategic foreign policy priority of the state. The document was adopted by the Parliament on June 8.
Ukraine’s integration with NATO in the future can play an important role for Crimea’s de-occupation, says Refat Chubarov, MP and Head of the Mejlis, representative body of the Crimean Tatar people.
NATO has taken into account the decision of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to resume the strategic course of the state towards accession to the North Atlantic Alliance, Ukrinform reports citing NATO headquarters.