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It is early for Ukraine to enter NATO - foreign minister

Other News Materials 21 December 2007 17:10 (UTC +04:00)

( ForUm ) - Foreign Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Ogryzko claims that today it is too early to speak about Ukraine's joining NATO. He stated on Friday at a press conference in Kyiv.

"One cannot seriously speak about joining NATO, because we must go through all stages preceding this event," the Minister said.

At the same time, Ogryzko notes that Ukraine can considerably speed up this process, by implementing annually plans of cooperation with NATO and using the mechanism of the Action Plan concerning NATO membership.

Ogryzko assures that Ukraine will use all possible mechanisms and forms of cooperation with this organization. The joining the Action Plan concerning the NATO membership is one of the steps.

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