Yanukovych's NATO Comments Anger Yushchenko
September 15, 2006
Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych (left) and President Viktor Yushchenko (file photo) (ITAR-TASS)
Speaking at NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 14, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said that Ukraine lacked enough popular support to move toward membership of the alliance.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko also criticized Yanukovych, calling Yanukovych's comments "groundless, illogical, and simply wrong."
Hrytsenko is an ally of pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko. Yanukovych supports closer links with Russia.
(Reuters, dpa, AFP, "Ukrayinska pravda")