KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Monday NATO had decided to drop a requirement for Kyiv to follow a Membership Action Plan (MAP) as part of its pathway to joining the military alliance.
“Following intensive talks, NATO allies have reached consensus on removing MAP from Ukraine’s path to membership. I welcome this long-awaited decision that shortens our path to NATO,” Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter on the eve of a NATO summit in Lithuania.
(Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka and Kyiv Newsroom, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
