“Ukraine must do its best to enter NATO,” underlined A.Parubii answering to newsmen about the NATO-Ukraine interrelations. “Does NATO need it? Ukraine is said to be an important partner to NATO since the biggest world security threats are today both in the Middle East and in the Black Sea region, where the problem of occupied territories still exists, like in, for instance, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, engaged in the struggle for its integrity,’ said A.Parubii.
He also noted that ‘NATO, as a structure aimed to provide collective security, does understand that the Russian aggression would outspread more and more unless stopped’. Many countries have today become aware of that as they experience Russia’s negative influence in information, energy, cyber, and other spheres, not to mention a military one.
The Ukrainian knowledge of opposing Russia is regarded to be in need to NATO and all its members. Moreover, Ukraine and its army are presently able to build up quite a mobile and staunch shield capable of ensuring the security for the Eastern Europe region on the whole. “I believe, thus, the bilateral cooperation of Ukraine with NATO is to our mutual advantage,’ noted he.
Andrii Parubii reminded that to enter NATO Ukraine has done a great deal of work. The most important step is that Ukraine’s NATO aspirations have been legally set as a priority in the foreign policy of the country.
‘I suppose, after Montenegro, Ukraine is to become next to enter the North Atlantic Alliance. We ought to do our utmost to make our security standards in line with NATO by 2020. In every way we are to hasten the day when Ukraine is able to submit the application and become a NATO member. Our goal is to enter NATO directly and we should stick to this intention,’ underlined A.Parubii