Visegrad Four expresses support for Ukraine’s NATO bid

KYIV. April 24 (Interfax-AVN) - The Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland) support Ukraine's aspirations to join the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP), the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has announced.

A ministerial meeting of the Visegrad Group was held in Prague on April 23, and it was attended by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko, the ministry said in a press release.

The foreign ministers discussed ways to broaden cooperation between Ukraine and the Visegrad Four in various areas, and they backed Ukraine's European and Euro-Atlantic ambitions, it said.

A joint statement was adopted by the foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group, as well as Ukraine and Sweden, on Ukraine's European integration, as well as a joint statement by the foreign ministers of the Visegrad Four, which expresses support for Ukraine joining MAP, the implementation of the course towards Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration and assistance in conducting an information campaign about NATO.