In an interview with 2000 daily, Ukrainian FM Konstantin Grishchenko called impossible Ukraine’s joining the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), ITAR TASS reports.

He noted that CSTO does not expect Ukraine to join. No invitations, as Ukraine remains committed to its non-alignment policy. The CSTO is too far from Ukraine, its center is somewhere in the Central Asia, he added.

Konstantin Grishchenko also said that Ukraine will not try to join NATO in the long-term prospect. According to him, after the issued was removed from the agenda, regional tension was relieved.

CSTO is a military-political alliance created by CIS states on the basis of the Collective Security Treaty signed on May 15, 1992. It comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.

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