Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary
Reuters, 07/09 16:20 CET
By Robin Emmott
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s
secretary general will make his first visit to Ukraine this month,
Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Monday, dismissing the idea that this
would provoke Moscow, which is backing the pro-Russian rebellion in
eastern Ukraine.
After a meeting with NATO chief
Jens Stoltenberg, Pavlo Klimkin said the visit, which he called
symbolic as his ex-Soviet nation seeks to integrate with the West, would
upgrade NATO’s representation in Ukraine and broaden technical
cooperation.
Klimkin rejected the idea that the visit would worsen
relations with a Russian government that wants to keep Ukraine in its
sphere of influence and has made clear its adamant opposition to
Ukraine’s ambition of joining NATO.
Against a backdrop of “Russian aggression” in eastern
Ukraine, he said the visit could hardly be classed as “further
provocation”.
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Source: Euronews
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