President Petro Poroshenko signed a law on amending the Constitution, which consolidates the course of Ukraine towards the European Union and NATO.
The president signed the law in the presence of the chairman of the European Council Donald Tusk during the session of the Verkhovna Rada dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the events on Maidan.
On February 7, the Verkhovna Rada supported the changes to the Constitution of Ukraine, which established a course toward European integration and accession to NATO.
On November 2018, the Constitutional Court acknowledged that the proposed changes as for EU membership and NATO correspond to the Constitution. It was previously supported by the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense.
Previously, NATO supported Ukraine’s aspirations for joining the Alliance. As a result of the NATO summit, Allies supported Ukraine and called on Russia to withdraw troops from the Donbas.
On March 10, NATO recognized Ukraine as an aspirant country. This means that the North Atlantic Alliance recognized Ukraine’s aspiration to gain full membership in the organization.
