KYIV. Sept 3 (Interfax) - Kyiv is seeking special status in its relations with NATO, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said.
"I would like to note specially before a NATO summit that our goal is to receive a special status [in relations] between Ukraine and NATO," Yatsenyuk said in opening a government meeting in Kyiv on Wednesday.
"NATO should grant Ukraine special status of special partner number one," Yatsenyuk said.
Ukraine also expects the United States to grant Ukraine key ally status, he said.
"As for NATO, the best decision would be the adoption of a decision on Ukraine's membership of NATO," Yatsenyuk said, admitting that it would be difficult to obtain consent to this from some NATO member-states.