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US steps up support for Ukraine to join NATO
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Oct 24, 2005 12:04pm |
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| News Date | Sunday, October 23, 2005 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Reuters article.
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"The United States on Sunday stepped up its support for Ukraine to join NATO, noting the former Soviet state's progress in political and military reform.
U.S. defense officials, attending a NATO conference in Lithuania, said that while Ukraine had a long way to go on the path of reform and that NATO's entry standards must be met, there was full support from Washington for membership.
"Progress (on reform) has been made and we encourage it and are available to be of assistance in various ways," U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a press conference.
Ukraine is looking to join the alliance around 2008, during a tentatively scheduled NATO summit. Rumsfeld declined to give a timing on when Ukraine could join, saying: "That's a decision to be made by NATO."
A senior U.S. official told Reuters Rumsfeld arrived in Lithuania on Saturday -- a full day earlier than scheduled -- to help underline his support for Ukraine with the European defense ministers." |
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