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Ukraine says NO to NATO
Published: 15 July, 2010, 20:28
Edited: 08 September, 2010, 20:15
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich has signed a decree that cancels the country’s previous plans to join the North Atlantic alliance.
The decree that frames major principals of Ukraine’s foreign policy, declares that the country remains non-aligned to any political-military unions but continues to cooperate with NATO and other blocks based upon common interests.
The document also excludes Ukraine’s integration into the Euro-Atlantic security zone, while setting course on close cooperation aimed at the development and improvement of the collective security system.
Alongside this, the document deals with the language issue in the country and indemnifies Russian and other non-state languages of national minorities residing in Ukraine.
Ukraine has long been bidding to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and in December 2008 almost made it into the block when it was granted a national plan to join the Alliance.
However, the national course was changed when Viktor Yanukovich headed the state and declared Ukraine was no longer interested in entering the block.
15.07.2010, 18:35
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The Slavic people of Eastern Europe have had to endure much hardship in the past which was engineered from elsewhere so I hope that they will not allow themselves to be divided by allowing things such as NATO and foreign religions to have too much influence.
July 16, 2010, 03:33, Kihnu wrote > This does not mean that the US will cease efforts to eventually suck Ukraine into NATO. > Something might "happen" to Viktor Yanukovich, and the US will be right back to undermining Ukrainian independence. Just like something "happened" to Viktor Yushchenko face (I'll give you a hint, it wasn't an out break of acne)... but really I could care less about that.... politics, like always, is dirrrrrty What caught my attention in the article was this line: "the document deals with the language issue in the country and indemnifies Russian and other non-state languages of national minorities residing in Ukraine." So will this mean that the ethnic Carpathio Rusyns (who are recognized as their own everywhere else they reside) will finally be acknowledged as their own ethnic group, or is Ukraine still pretending they don't exist?
Great! Looks like Russia is a friend again. Does it mean, I am allowed to speak Russian in Ukraine? Oh, joy! I might even move back in. Not really.