“I am convinced that NATO is the only way for Ukraine, considering the fact that Russia is our neighbor. It will not disappear with their ideas of capturing Ukrainian territory”, – this was said by the leader of the European Party of Ukraine Mykola Katerynchuk on one of the TV channels yesterday.
“So we need to join NATO. In case we do not succeed with NATO, nuclear weapons should become a priority for us. Poroshenko and other officials must realize that we can not waste time, and the referendum on NATO membership must be held in a short time”, – said the politician.
“If you do not work on the NATO issue, it is clear that it will not be resolved. We are a country that has a problematic area – annexed Crimea, in addition, we have a war. Of course, these issues should be eliminated. But now we even do not now where to start. So the referendum must be a first step”, – emphasized Mykola Katerynchuk.
“The position of our officials is equally important. They simply keep silence on the NATO issue, not to irritate the Russian Federation. But what should we do instead? To extract from the pockets of every Ukrainian and continue to build an army? Therefore, firstly we should ask Ukrainians whether they want for themselves a collective security in NATO. The war is not complete, and we have to think about our future now”, – he added.
Press Service of the European Party of Ukraine