Georgia Is Now Ahead Of Ukraine On The Path To NATO

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry recognizes that Ukraine lags behind Georgia in the context of implementing reforms required for integration with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on European Integration Olena Zerkal said that ahead of the July NATO summit in Brussels, it is important to watch how Ukraine deals with the implementation of reforms. "As far as I know, our Georgian colleagues are much more advanced than we are in matters of reform in all areas," Zerkal said.

According to the official, just as it was with the EU visa waivers, Georgia is now ahead of Ukraine on the path to NATO. "I would like to see more progress in our country. There is progress but it's not the same as in Georgia. We're lagging behind," she said. At the same time, Zerkal noted that Ukraine is a bigger state and currently has issues with an ongoing military conflict, “we have to waste a lot of efforts, and there are some peculiarities that NATO doesn't take into account, but there are other issues as well."

By Shawn Wayne

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