Poroshenko: Ukraine won't apply for NATO membership until reforms implemented

11:36, 10.07.2017 1 min read

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukraine will focus on the implementation of important reforms in order to meet the standards of NATO member states.

"I'd like to emphasize once again that this does not mean that we will immediately apply for [NATO] membership. Absolutely not. This means that we need to hammer out a real reform road map, a program of our cooperation, to intensify our efforts to achieve the necessary standards. And to do this, we need assistance and cooperation with our NATO partners," Poroshenko said at a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission in Kyiv on Monday.