According to him, you need to “be frank”, “we will not be able to do this in a year.”
“We must carry out a lot of reforms in order to match and NATO standards in terms of defense capability, and the standards of support for the Ukrainian army, and many other things, “Razumkov said.
He noted that NATO is not only a military bloc, but also a humanitarian organization “with which Ukraine has been cooperating for many years.”
“I am sure that we will achieve this goal, but this path will not be easy, and to say that it will be short is wrong … 10 years is theoretically possible,” Razumkov said.
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Ukraine stepped up cooperation with NATO in 2014 against the background of the occupation of Crimea by Russia and the armed conflict in Donbass. At the end of 2014, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law that provides for the refusal of Ukraine from the policy of “non-aligned”… In accordance with the Military Doctrine of Ukraine, adopted in 2015, deepening cooperation with NATO is a priority task.
On June 14, 2021, a NATO summit was held in Brussels, in the final communiqué of which it was noted that the Alliance supports Ukraine’s entry into NATO.
Also, the summit participants expressed support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, declared their non-recognition of the annexation of Crimea by Russia. Alliance urged Russia to cancel inclusion of the USA and the Czech Republic in the list of unfriendly countries, refuse to build up troops near the border of Ukraine and stop restricting shipping in parts of the Black Sea.
Separately, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg emphasized that Russia will not be able to veto decision on Ukraine’s entry into NATO.
US President Joe Biden also said that Russian aggression will not become an obstacle for Ukraine’s entry into NATO… At the same time, when asked will Ukraine receive MAP, he said that “it remains to be seen” and first, Ukraine must root out corruption.
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