Ukraine Parliament passes National Security Bill

The Verkhovna Rada adopted Bill "On National Security of Ukraine" (No 8068), an UNIAN correspondent reports. A total of 248 people's deputies voted for the new legislation while the Opposition Bloc and Vidrodzhennia Group chose not to vote, and only one member of the Will of the People Group voted as well as another three MPs from the Radical Party. The bill defines the principles of state policy on national security and defense. Among the fundamental national interests of Ukraine is Ukraine's integration into the European political, economic legal space and that in the sphere of security; membership in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; development of equal and mutually beneficial relations with other states.

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