Ukrainian high official names Georgia among Ukraine’s close allies
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A Ukrainian high official has presented Ukraine’s National Security Strategy and stated that NATO membership is "the only option” for Ukraine to save its territorial integrity.
The Secretary of Ukraine’s National Defence and Security Council Alexander Turchinov said NATO and EU member countries were Ukraine’s priority partners. The list of Ukraine’s close allies also included Poland, the United Kingdom, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, Romania, Sweden and Australia.
Specifically, European and Euro Atlantic integration was the top priority of Ukraine’s foreign and domestic policy.
The Council’s Secretary named high level of corruption and infective system of governance, economy crises, lack of finance and the poor level of living of the citizens of Ukraine as the main threats for the state.
Turchinov underlined the National security strategy was an open document and it would become the basis for development of all of Ukraine’s future military technical programs.
He also emphasized that the aerospace intelligence system project would give the Ukrainian militaries the possibility to see all of the country’s territory.
The document described the Ukrainian Action Plan for National Security until 2020.
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Dozens of Ukraine’s youngest citizens are being offered the chance to escape the tension in their home country and enjoy several day in Georgia.
"Any Georgian is ready to serve in Ukraine but it is Ukraine’s choice what kind of Georgian it will invite,” says the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili.
Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili joined other European leaders in the "March of Dignity" - a special event dedicated to the victims of the Maidan protests in Kiev, Ukraine.
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Georgia is offering housing to about 500 refugees from eastern Ukraine who were forced from their homes by ongoing conflict.