NATO MAP Will Improve Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine -- The joint letter written to NATO by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Parliamentary Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko marked a significant stage in the ongoing process of Ukraine’s integration into Euro-Atlantic structures.


A positive response to Ukraine joining the Membership Action Plan (MAP) will not only enhance Ukraine’s prestige on the world arena and raise the fighting efficiency of its armed forces, but also irreversibly inject systemic reforms in the country directed at building an effective democratic state, further judicial and economic reforms, create a competitive economy, bolster the rule of law, ensure human rights protection and form an open society...