Ukraine can join NATO after submitting an appropriate application and conducting an audit that determines the degree of its readiness for membership. The North Atlantic Alliance expects an application from Kiev. This is an organization that does not call anyone, but its doors are always open to beginners.

Such an opinion on the air "The Observer. LIVE "was voiced by military expert Oleg Zhdanov.

According to him, NATO member countries support the Euro-Atlantic course of Kiev.

"We are just declaring - we are heading for NATO. The declaration is already there - they were fixed legislatively, "the expert said..

"They are ready. NATO is an organization that does not call anyone. They are waiting for an application, "Zhdanov specified..

An applicant for membership in the Alliance, he said, addresses there. "They come, do financial and economic audit. Based on this, a program is being written about the preparation for membership (MAP), "the expert explained..

"We had this program in 2005. They then wrote it for us. The program indicates what needs to be done and roughly determines the time frame. The program can run from 3 to 5 years, "he added..

As an example, Zhdanov cited Montenegro, which joined NATO without a MAP: "The audit showed that this country will rise to the required level for 20 years.

It was simply accepted in the state in which it is ".

"NATO is on the very flexible organization that they are ready to consider any application," the military expert said.. At the same time, he clarified that Ukraine has not yet applied for membership in the Alliance.

As reported by the "Observer", the Verkhovna Rada legally consolidated the course of Ukraine for membership in NATO.

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