Previously demonstrated against the country's membership in the North Atlantic Alliance, ex-President of Ukraine changed the rhetoric

First Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk urges the government to delay the filing of the application for membership in the North Atlantic Alliance. It is reported Еспресо.TV according to the results of the briefing of the initiative group headed by Kravchuk and ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yevhen Marchuk.

The situation with the abolition of the non-aligned status requires the Ukrainian authorities to immediately restore the Euro-Atlantic foreign policy and to contribute to the holding of a nationwide referendum in support of Ukraine's membership in the Alliance, said in a statement the group.

"Other way, but to become a NATO member, having a neighbor like Russia, we do not have", - quotes the source Kravchuk, who had previously been one of the leaders of the bloc "Not so!", speaking against Ukraine's membership in NATO. The politician also noted that Russia is trying to block this process because of the "loss of hope for the capture of the Ukraine".

The former President said that Ukraine will not be able to win the conflict with the Russian Federation, and only as part of the Alliance, the country has a chance to go the European way". "We are against Russia, but Ukraine one can not win, we can only fight back, " said Leonid Kravchuk. And when you become a member of NATO, Russia once and for all lose the Ukraine and we will go on a new European way, stop off by 50, 70 years from Europe, and going to live in a democratic legal framework. This is a real fact."

Recall that on December 23, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine abolished the non-aligned status of Ukraine. For changes to some laws of Ukraine regarding the abandonment of the policy of non-alignment No. 1014-3 voted 303 MP.

Source: http://news.liga.net/