16:27 02.09.2014

Ukraine may get non-NATO ally status by end of this year – justice minister

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Ukraine may get the status of a major non-NATO ally of the United States before the end of this year, Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko has said.

"In view of the conditions in which our country is now, we have the prospect of getting the status of a U.S. ally rather quickly. I think it will happen this year," he said at events marking Notary Day on Tuesday.

Petrenko said that a non-NATO ally status would help Ukraine expand cooperation in the defense sector, as well as get the mechanism under which it will be possible to procure the necessary weapons.

"The procedure for granting a U.S. ally status has been launched. But I personally believe that it is an intermediate stage for granting Ukraine full membership of the North Atlantic Alliance," he said.

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