Ukraine has asked the United States to make it a major ally outside NATO
KIEV, March 22 — RIA Novosti. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine appealed to the U.S. Congress with a request to consider granting Kiev a status of a major ally outside NATO and the conclusion of the defense agreement. The corresponding address from the second attempt was supported by 232 deputies with the required minimum of 226 votes.
The document notes that the status of the main ally outside NATO possess as countries that are in the “state of the world” — Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and being “under the threat of military action” — South Korea, Afghanistan or Israel.
Thus, unlike the issue of Ukraine’s accession to the Alliance, granting it the status of main ally outside NATO is the sovereign right of States, that is, requires the consent of all NATO countries.
The paper argues that the granting Ukraine such status will have a huge impact on the end to “Russian aggression”, in which Kiev accuses Moscow constantly
Russia has repeatedly called the accusations unacceptable, stating that it is not a party to the conflict in the Donbas and is interested in the soonest overcoming the Ukraine crisis.
Earlier the President Petro Poroshenko said that he intends to hold a referendum on Ukraine’s accession to NATO, and, according to him, this idea is already supported by more than half of Ukrainians. However, a survey conducted by the American Institute of public opinion Gallup shows that the majority of citizens of Ukraine (35%) believe the Alliance threat, and protection see less than a third of respondents (29%).