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| Yanukovych orders halt to NATO ascension plans | |
| 2010-04-06 | |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Ukraine's newly-inaugurated President Viktor Yanukovych has reportedly revoked a 2006 executive order for eventual NATO membership, a sore point in relations with neighboring Russia. "No, thanks. We'd rather be in the Soviet orbit."
The president, who was inaugurated in February, spent Easter Monday in Moscow in his second trip to the country in a month. Both governments said the visit was private but could include talks with Medvedev on gas transit and bilateral ties. "These will be purely personal Easter meetings. Possibly, an Easter lunch, a friendly talk," Yanukovych's deputy chief of staff Anna German was quoted by AFP as saying. Yanukovych, who seems keen on restoring good relations with Russia, says Moscow is a natural ally and that it is imperative that Ukraine maintain the best relations with Kremlin. His predecessor, Viktor Yushchenko, was an outspoken supporter of Ukraine's NATO membership and even compared its importance as "synonymous" to the country's independence. Russia says that Kiev's NATO participation would directly threaten its national security and has warned the alliance against eastern expansion in ex-Soviet states. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Good luck wid that VIKTOR, + VLADMEDEV/VLADIMI too. To wit, TIMES OF INDJUH [India] > BEGINNINGS OF JIHAD IN THE HEART OF RUSSIA? and VARIOUS MSM-NET > AL QAEDA, TALIBAN, andor LeT, etal. the scope of the AFPAK INSURGENCIES has expanded outside of same into CENTRAL ASIA + RUSS CAUCASUS + BEYOND.....@ STRATEGIC FRONTS. What used to be labeled or described in the COLD WAR as [Soviets-Commie Bloc] "ATTACKING WHERE THE US/US-NATO ARE NOT". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-04-07 00:08 |