Ukraine's efforts to join NATO will only lead to further worsening of the situation in that country, as well as strengthening of regional tensions, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov said today and said that this idea is the result of illusions.
"I am convinced that what the Ukrainian leadership announced will only lead to further deterioration of the situation in Ukraine. It will not ensure security in Ukraine and will not improve the life of the Ukrainian people," Ryabkov said, as reported by TAS S.
Commenting on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's announcement that his country could hold a referendum on NATO membership, Ryabkov said that it was "a result of illusions".
"This is a consequence of the illusions that Ukrainian leaders and many people in the West live in, the illusion that this is all a Western geopolitical game and that human lives are nothing," said Ryabkov.
"I regret that these leaders are carried away by such illusions," he added.
Poroshenko said yesterday after the meeting with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite that the decision on Ukraine's accession to NATO will be made by the Ukrainian people in a referendum.
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