No Nato For Now

Ukraine was dealt a blow to its ambitions to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at a key NATO heads of government meeting held in Bucharest on April 2-4. The military alliance declined to sign a Membership Action Plan with Ukraine (along with Georgia) on grounds that the two countries were as yet not politically developed enough to join the organization. This was despite heavy lobbying by the US to push forward on the NATO membership agendas for both countries. It was not all bad news however, with the alliance affirming its long-term intention to accept Ukraine into the

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