British Check Our Vision of NATO

In general, the Committee is preparing for the House of Commons a document on the future of the Alliance before the NATO Washington summit later in April. After visiting France, Germany, and NATO headquarters, the British became convinced that the report would be incomplete without dotting all the i's and crossing the t's, i.e., information on the attitude toward NATO of such countries as Russia and Ukraine. What at least somewhat pleased the British in Kyiv was the "complete diversity" of views on the alliance's expansion as distinct from Russia's unanimous enmity. According to Committee Chairman Bruce George, Ukraine does not belong to the countries trying to force the alliance's door open. So one must see if Ukraine is really enthusiastic about joining NATO.

Members of the delegation do not say so far what they will write in the report. Its official text will be released in mid-April. It is only known it may be "strongly-worded."