Ukraine is moving forward with its push to join NATO

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• Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has reiterated that Kyiv wants to join NATO.
• Ukraine is now is seeking a Membership Action Plan.
• A MAP is a multistage process of political dialogue and military reform to bring a country in line with NATO standards and to eventual membership.

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has reiterated that Kyiv is seeking a Membership Action Plan (MAP), a formal step toward joining NATO.

Poroshenko, in a post on Facebook on March 10, said a MAP was Ukraine’s “next ambition” on the path toward eventual membership in the 29-country Western alliance.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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