Ukraine: Progress toward MAP?

Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer discussed  the country's progress in becoming a member a NATO meeting in Estonia. The secretary general commented that the chances of a  NATO Membership Action Plan is slim considering the shaky political situation in Ukraine, but assured Ukraine that the country is seen as a democracy. 

"I doubt very much that either in Estonia or at the ministerial (in December) or even at the NATO summit next year Ukraine is going to get an invitation to a MAP, unless of course something dramatic is going to happen," said Janusz Bugajski, of Washington-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

He cited Ukraine's political instability as a major reason for the country not getting the action plan.

This was shown again on Wednesday when Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dropped plans for an early parliamentary election, which he had wanted to resolve political deadlock after the break-up of a coalition led by him and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, his former ally and now arch rival.

at Thursday, November 13, 2008

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