KIEV, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine's Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko said Friday that his country wants to join the NATO's (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Membership Action Plan as soon as possible.

    "I would like to stress our desire to join the NATO's Membership Action Plan as soon as possible," Ohryzko said at a meeting with foreign ambassadors accredited in Ukraine.

    "I think that Ukraine's possible neutral and nonaligned status makes no sense in a situation where other nations are forming a single global security zone," he added.

    The foreign minister said Ukraine has acknowledged the advantages of the pan-European architecture of collective security.

    However, Ohryzko pointed out that it is premature at this stage to speak about Ukraine's possible joining of NATO.

    "All necessary stages of annual Ukraine-NATO action plans must be completed first," he said.