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"Union
with NATO cannot be the aim of politics in Kiev because the integrity
and soverignty colide the joining of Ukraine with NATO", said President
Leonid Kuczma, yesterday.
In a meeting with high ranking Ukrainan police officers in Kiev, Kuczma
warranted that cooperation with NATO woudn't be directed against anyone.
At the same time, he mentioned "Don't kid yourselves, NATO is the
biggest and most influencial structure in the world." The President
also made a statement that Russia is one of the biggest partners of
Ukraine and, in his opinion, the most important thing between Ukraine
and Russia is rebuilding the slacking economic cooperation.
The opinions of the locals is that the statement was in attempts to
calm down the local Moscow politicians, which are very upset with NATO
action in Yugoslavia.
Media mentioned that on Monday, Kiev surprised everyone by resigning
from manuevers with NATO on Black Sea and allow Russian air corridor
over Ukraine air space.
In these manuevers, President Kuczma, it seems, is trying to gain support
from Moscow for the upcoming Presidential elections.
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