Ukrainian politician accuses Merkel of preventing Ukraine from becoming a NATO member
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is “responsible” for the fact that Ukraine has not become a NATO member yet, stated Verkhovna Rada Deputy Yuriy Chyzhmar on the Channel ZIK.
“It was she who in 2008 in Bucharest, as you remember, raised the issue of not providing Ukraine with an action plan for NATO membership, to please Putin. If we had it then, maybe today the issues of the Donbas and the Crimea would not exist, so we have lot of questions for you,” the deputy stated in the show “People are Against.”
The Crimea was annexed by Russia in the spring of 2014. The annexation is not recognized by Ukraine and most countries of the world. The USA and the EU imposed sanctions against Russia for seizing the peninsula.
On November 1, Angela Merkel arrived in Kyiv for an official visit where she met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy.