Ukraine: Russia has no right to prevent Kiev from having closer ties with NATO

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said on Wednesday that Russia had no right to prevent Kiev from having closer ties with NATO’s military alliance and that any security guarantees Moscow might ask the West would be .

He also questioned how tough EU sanctions on Russia would be if Moscow launched a new offensive in Ukraine, but said a package of sanctions to deter Russia would be a step in the right direction. direction.

“Russia can not prevent Ukraine from coming closer to NATO and has no right to have a say in the talks,” Kuleba said during a briefing in the Latvian capital, Riga. He added that “any Russian proposals made to discuss with NATO or the United States or any other country the so-called guarantees that the alliance will not expand to the east are illegal.”

SOURCE: AMPE

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Source From: Capital

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