Changes to the Constitution on NATO membership are not discussed, the Rada said

Ruslan StefanchukKYIV, February 14 no talks are underway to amend the country's constitution regarding Ukraine's aspirations for NATO. Earlier, Ukraine's ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, admitted that Kiev might abandon its aspiration to join NATO in order to «avoid war.» Later, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that these words were «taken out of context.»The United States is dragging Ukraine to war»I confirm that NATO membership is an integral part of the constitution of Ukraine. As of now, there are no discussions and no negotiations or questions regarding changes to the constitution regarding Ukraine's membership in NATO. It is the sovereign right of each country to decide the vector of its development, and no one has the right to point out red lines to us or the impossibility of making certain decisions by a sovereign state,” Stefanchuk said at a briefing on Monday. In February 2019, the Ukrainian parliament adopted amendments to the constitution, securing the country's course towards the EU and NATO. Ukraine has become the sixth NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partner. on the escalation of the situation around Ukraine. Moscow categorically denies this and constantly states that no one is threatened with anything, and all such statements are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering up Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbas. >Ukraine called the condition for joining NATO