KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday told the country’s security council that staying out of the NATO alliance was a “criminal” policy that his government is ready to reverse, AP/UNB reported.
More than 8,000 people have died in Ukraine’s fight against separatist rebels in the east since April 2014. Russia backed the rebels, fearing that the pro-Western course of the new Kiev government would make it a NATO ally.
“The decision on the non-alliance policy which was announced by the previous government is criminal in terms of security and strategic interests of our state,” Poroshenko said, citing an opinion poll showing …read more
Source: The Bangladesh Today
