Ukraine’s parliament makes a surprise statement about joining NATO
President of Congress Ukraine affirming that joining NATO is a “prospective vision of Ukraine’s future”.
Speaker of the National Assembly of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk said that the National Assembly of Ukraine does not plan to remove the article on the target of accession. NATO from the 2019 revised constitution.
In an interview with the Ukrainian media outlet Pravda published on April 25, Stefanchuk was asked if Ukrainian lawmakers intend to amend the country’s constitution on the question of joining NATO. “We will not do that. Changing the constitution is not and never will be the goal,” Stefanchuk replied.
The Speaker added that just because some changes are made doesn’t necessarily mean they have an impact in real life. The official stressed that, at this moment, the focus of the Ukrainian government is to ensure the security of every Ukrainian. “Assurances are really important to us,” notes Stefanchuk.
“For me, as a representative of the political leadership of the state, this is a priority, so that people no longer have to die and pay with their lives for the European dream, for the dream of peace. security and other things,” said the Speaker of the National Assembly of Ukraine.
However, according to Stefanchuk, Kiev will not settle with any guarantees, citing the 1994 Budapest Memorandum as an example of empty promises that have failed to come true. He called for a well-defined agreement that could put Ukraine at ease.
“What is written in our constitution about joining NATO and the European Union EU is a promising vision of the future of Ukraine”, – Mr. Stefanchuk emphasized.
On March 29, during a face-to-face meeting between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators in Istanbul (Turkey), Kiev proposed signing an international agreement on ensuring Ukraine’s security.
Meanwhile, 10 days ago, Speaker of the National Assembly Stefanchuk indicated that he did not rule out removing the provision of NATO membership from Ukraine’s constitution, depending on “the path that negotiators will take. The official added that Ukraine’s parliament could start looking for a “model that won’t contradict the constitution or we will change the constitution in this respect.”
In February 2019, Ukraine adopted an amended constitution, recognizing joining the EU and NATO as its two top foreign policy goals, forcing the government to adhere to the goal of becoming a NATO member, with the president as the prime minister. senior guarantor. However, on March 15, in the midst of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, President Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine cannot join NATO.
“Ukraine is not a member of NATO. We understand that. We have heard that the door has been open for many years, but we have also heard that we cannot join. It is true and it is. must be recognized,” Zelensky said in a video conference with military officials on March 15.
Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine at the end of February, after accusing Kiev of failing to fulfill the terms of the Minsk agreement, first signed in 2014 and eventually Moscow’s recognition of the the self-proclaimed Donbass republics Donetsk and Lugansk. The Minsk agreement brokered by Germany and France was designed to give the breakaway regions special status in Ukraine.
The Kremlin has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country and will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev asserts the attack of Russia is completely gratuitous and refute claims that there are plans to retake the two republics in Donbass by force.
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