NATO WILL NEVER RECOGNIZE THE ILLEGAL ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA BY RUSSIA

The Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg claimed this at the Verkhovna Rada. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has affirmed the alliance's "unwavering support" for Ukraine's territorial integrity and has called on Russia to remove its "thousands of soldiers from Ukraine and stop supporting the militants with command-and-control and military equipment."President Petro Poroshenko has said Ukraine would not seek NATO membership "immediately" but would instead focus on implementing reforms. We have discussed the implementation of joint projects of cooperation within the NATO Trust Funds for Ukraine, particularly the opportunity of their further financial maintenance and expansion of practical interaction between Ukraine and NATO with the use of the Trust Funds, Petro Poroshenko informed on the aftermath of the Ukraine - NATO Commission.

Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg at the Verkhovna Rada. Source: AP