MOSCOW - As Ukraine's new Parliament, firmly controlled by a coalition of pro-Western parties, convened for the first time on Nov. 27, President Petro Poroshenko urged lawmakers to repeal a 2010 law that codified the country's nonaligned status in global affairs, and to instead pursue membership in NATO.
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (C), Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (R) and newly elected speaker of the parliament Volodymyr Groysman celebrate in parliament in Kyiv after voting on Nov. 27.
