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The Media-Club Discussion, participated by Juri Luik, Estonian Ambassador to NATO, took place in the Institute of World Policy.Ukrainian experts and journalists had an opportunity to discuss the results of NATO Lisbon Summit. Estonian diplomat paid much attention to the new Strategic Concept.

«In this document we managed to answer the question, what is the reason for NATO’s existence in modern international environment. Firstly, it is the defense of the Allies according to the Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty and, secondly, it is the cooperative security», he said.

Answering the question on the perspectives of the Ukrainian membership in NATO, Ambassador Luik claimed that this issue depends on the position of the Ukrainian leaders. «In Strategic Concept we reconfirmed the decision of the Bucharest Summit, concerning Ukraine and Georgia. But we also took into consideration the current position of Ukraine, which we tried to depict as precise as possible», he stated and added that NATO’s door is still opened.

Ambassador Luik also touched upon Russia-NATO relations, mentioning that the general political atmosphere in these relations is very positive at the moment, disposing to further cooperation in number of fields, Afghanistan in particular.

«Overall, Lisbon Summit was a historical one and it was really successful, though we need time to see how we manage to implement all decisions. We will see that at the next Summit, which will take place 2012 in the USA»

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Photo by Natalia Sagalata