NATO MEMBERSHIP IS A NATURAL ASPIRATION
Lragir.am
04 May 06
NATO membership requires compliance with a set of humanitarian,
political and economic standards, but an application is enough to
become member of the Collective Security Treaty. The Ukrainian
Ambassador to Armenia Alexander Bojko compared the Western and
post-soviet security organizations May 4 in Yerevan.
He said that NATO is not merely a military organization, it is also
an economic and political organization, which enables countries to
develop. According to the ambassador, NATO has aspirations in the
post-soviet area, which favor the interests of Ukraine and Armenia. The
purpose is stability. “The aspiration of Ukraine to enter NATO is a
natural aspiration, a normal desire of a normal country, which wants
to improve its life,” says the Ukrainian Ambassador to Armenia.
The United States is highly interested in entering NATO. Several days
ago information appeared in British newspapers that the Unites States
is likely to lobby the members of NATO to expedite the membership of
Ukraine. Hence, Ukraine may have become member of NATO by 2008.
Ambassador Bojko does not deny such developments. “Never say never,”
says the ambassador.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress