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Moscow, September 24, Interfax - A number of Ukrainian Orthodox organizations have once again urged President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and the Verkhovnaya Rada Chairman Arseny Yatsenyuk to withdraw their request to be granted the NATO Membership Action Plan addressed in a letter to the NATO leadership. "These actions go against the interests and opinions of an overwhelming majority of our people," the all-Ukrainian organization Orthodox Choice and the Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Brotherhood said in a statement on Wednesday. The authors said they believe that, by joining NATO, Ukraine "could be used by the West at any moment to pursue its aggressive plans of launching military actions in any spot of the world, including against Russia and Belarus."
They also supported the Verkhovnaya Rada deputies who said they believe that Yushchenko "deserves to be impeached for his actions on dragging Ukraineinto NATO and unleashing an unbridled anti-Russian campaign." They also called for the dismissal of the foreign minister and the education minister. The statement expresses a "resolute protest" to the Western politicians who are "openly pushing our country toward the soonest possible accession to NATO with no regard for the people's sovereign opinion, [which] creates the impression that Ukraine is no longer a sovereign and independent country but the 51st state of the U.S."
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http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=5189
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