An American soldier during a NATO exercise in Ukraine. Archival photo MOSCOW, January 5 . Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an article for Politico that the alliance should provide Ukraine and Georgia with an action plan for membership in the organization, despite the unresolved territorial disputes between these countries. defense. “We promised Georgia and Ukraine seats at the NATO table in 2008, and it’s time to develop an action plan to fulfill our promise. and Tbilisi, «- said Rasmussen Article 5 of the NATO Charter states that» an armed attack on one (contracting party — ed.) or several of them in Europe or North America will be considered an attack on them as a whole. «The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in December 2014 of the year made changes to two laws, abandoning the non-aligned status of the country. In June 2016, Kiev adopted additional changes that define NATO membership as a foreign policy goal for Ukraine. In February 2019, the Rada adopted amendments to the constitution, securing the country's course in the EU and NATO. 
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