After the Revolution

Condoleeza Rice told Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko today that the United States supports a recent request that NATO accept Ukraine into its Membership Action Plan (MAP).

Rice and Yushchenko spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Yushchenko, Parliamentary Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko all signed a letter Jan. 2 requesting Ukraine be considered for eventual NATO membership.

NATO will meet April 2-4 at a summit in Bucharest. At that time, the three countries currently in MAP status — Albania, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia — are expected to become full members.

Russia opposes NATO’s expansion toward its borders.