Yushchenko keen on NATO MAP for Ukraine - The Times

President Viktor Yushchenko says Ukraine has done the utmost for NATO foreign ministers to pass a positive decision on the Membership Action Plan for it in early December, despite Moscow's protests and political crisis in this country. He gave warning that expansion of the military alliance was vital to European security in the wake of Russia's war with Georgia, and the only way to secure Ukraine's independence, The Times reported on Thursday.