In a dramatic sign of improving ties, Moscow...
want to draw attention to the fact that an article of the Ukrainian Constitution strictly forbids the creation and operation of any [foreign] military bases on Ukrainian territory not envisaged by law," she said.In other developments, Boris Gryzlov, the speaker for the Russian parliament"s lower house, the State Duma, said that the agreement on the Naval base might be simultaneously ratified by the Russian and Ukrainian parliaments next Tuesday.
He said that considering the importance of the issue, he immediately spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Lytvyn.
"We have agreed that the Russian and Ukrainian members of parliament will use all efforts to ratify the agreement simultaneously. I believe that it might be on Tuesday. As for us [Russia] we are ready to consider this issue at tomorrow"s session of the State Duma," Gryzlov said.
NATO spokesman James Apparthurai said Russia and Ukraine are both partners of the Western military alliance
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