WARSAW - Ukraine is making good progress in reforms to bring it into line with NATO norms but membership is not on the agenda for now, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said Saturday. The focus now is how Ukraine can meet NATO standards," Stoltenberg said alongside Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko after talks at a NATO leaders summit in Warsaw. Stoltenberg stressed that Ukraine should be free to chart its own course. The president has made sure that Ukraine is an active partner for the US-led alliance and said the talks Saturday had shown "full support" from all 28 NATO nations. "For NATO it is an absolute principle... that every nation has their right to decide its own path.

Source: Bangkok Post July 09, 2016 17:37 UTC