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Relations between Ukraine and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) started in 1994.〔(Signatures of Partnership for Peace Framework Document. )〕 Ukraine applied to join the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) in 2008.〔(CNN | U.S. wins NATO backing for missile defense shield )〕〔(Rice, Kouchner, comment NATO Ministerial's decision ), UNIAN (03-12-2008)]〕 Plans for NATO membership were shelved by Ukraine following the 2010 presidential election in which Viktor Yanukovych, who preferred to keep the country non-aligned, was elected President.〔(Ukraine makes it official: Nation will abandon plans to join NATO ), Kyiv Post (May 28, 2010)〕〔 In 2010 the Ukrainian parliament voted to exclude "integration into Euro-Atlantic security and NATO membership" from the country's national security strategy.〔(Ukraine drops NATO membership bid ), EUobserver (June 6, 2010)〕 Amid the Euromaidan unrest, Yanukovych fled Ukraine in February 2014.〔 The interim Yatsenyuk Government which came to power, initially said, with reference to the country's non-aligned status, that it had no plans to join NATO.〔(Deschytsia states new government of Ukraine has no intention to join NATO ), Interfax-Ukraine (29 March 2014)〕 However, following the Russian military intervention in Ukraine and parliamentary elections in October 2014, the new government made joining NATO a priority. On 23 December 2014, the Ukrainian parliament renounced Ukraine's non-aligned status〔(Ukraine has no alternative to Euro-Atlantic integration – Ukraine has no alternative to Euro-Atlantic integration – Poroshenko ), Interfax-Ukraine (23 December 2014)〕〔(Ukraine Ends ‘Nonaligned’ Status, Earning Quick Rebuke From Russia ), The Wall Street journal (23 December 2014)〕 that "proved to be ineffective in guaranteeing Ukraine's security and protecting the country from external aggression and pressure".〔 As of 2013, Ukraine and NATO held joint seminars and joint tactical and strategical exercises and operations.〔〔(Yanukovych approves program of Ukraine-NATO cooperation for 2012 ), Kyiv Post (20 April 2012)〕 Russia's reaction to the 2008 plan of the then Ukrainian Government to join MAP was hostile. Nevertheless, the following year, NATO spokesman said that despite Russian opposition to NATO's eastward expansion the alliance's door remained open to those who met the criteria.〔(Afghanistan, Russia top challenges for new NATO head ), Reuters (July 30, 2009)〕 According to polls conducted between 2005 and 2013, Ukrainian public support of NATO membership remained low.〔(Razumkov Centre poll ) Retrieved on August 26, 2009〕〔 〕〔(NATO military exercise begins in Ukraine ) Retrieved on September 20, 2008〕〔 〕 A 2009 Gallup poll asked Ukrainians whether they saw NATO as a threat or protection for Ukraine; 40% saw NATO as a threat, 17% saw NATO as protection, and 33% saw NATO as neither.〔 However, since the start of the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, public support for Ukrainian membership in NATO has risen greatly. In June 2014, nearly 50% of those asked voice support; in an October 2014 poll this number had risen to over 50%.〔〔 ==History of relations== Relations officially began when Ukraine became the first CIS country to enter NATO's Partnership for Peace program in February 1994.〔〔Serhy Yekelchyk ''"Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation"'', Oxford University Press (2007), ISBN 978-0-19-530546-3〕 In the summer of 1995 NATO stepped up to help to mitigate consequences of the Kharkiv Drinking Water Disaster. This was the first cooperation between NATO and Ukraine.〔http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_49158.htm〕 On May 7, 1997 the first-ever official NATO Information and Documentation Center opened in Kiev, aimed to foster transparency about the alliance.〔Gerald B. H. Solomon, Center for Strategic and International Studies. '' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ukraine–NATO relations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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