(Reuters) – The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday renounced Ukraine’s “non-aligned” status with the aim of eventually joining NATO, angering Moscow, which views NATO’s eastward expansion as a threat to its own security.
Any accession to the Western military alliance is likely to take years, but a NATO spokesman in Brussels said: “Our door is open and Ukraine will become a member of NATO if it so requests and fulfils the standards and adheres to the necessary principles.” …read more
Source: International Business Times
