The Ukrainian president has dissolved the commission which was to work towards NATO membership. It’s the latest move to abandon the pro-western stance of the ’Orange Revolution’ and re-establish ties with Russia.
Since the election of Viktor Yanukovych in February, Ukraine has made no secret of its intention to abandon its goal of joining NATO. Now, Yanukovych has by decree dissolved the commission that was to lay the groundwork for membership.
The move hardly comes as a surprise - it’s the final step in Ukraine’s process of abandoning the pro-western ambitions of the ’Orange Revolution’ that once swept Yanukovych out of power.
Now, as he’s back at the helm, Yanukovych said the current level of cooperation with NATO was "sufficient." Yet the move will nonetheless strain the relations with the alliance.
"It’s quite a sharp statement," Natalia Bugayova of the Kyiv Post newspaper told Deutsche Welle.
"Dissolving the commission which was to prepare Ukraine for joining NATO is quite a radical move and I think it will certainly exacerbate the relationship with the West."
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