OREANDA-NEWS. December 30, 2015. Strategic goals of the Government - membership in the EU and NATO, restoration of territorial integrity, economic growth ,underlined  Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk during a press conference on the results of the year 2015.

The Prime Minister has stressed that among the strategic objectives that the Government set itself- there is a geopolitical one - Ukraine's membership in the European Union: " Our reform program and changes in Ukraine are aimed at this."

"From the security point of view, there is no doubt that Ukraine should become a member of NATO. This is the main purpose of the reform of the defense and security sector. And the state budget of Ukraine has allocated hundreds of billions of resources on this. The cooperation between Ukraine and NATO is focused just on this aim. NATO has provided five trust funds aimed at approaching Ukraine to NATO membership ," he stressed.

Third goal, said Arseniy Yatsenyuk, is national: "This is the restoration of territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Ukrainian state. This means the return of Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea under full control of the Ukrainian government. "

The fourth target - economic: "It is the growth of cash incomes of Ukrainians and creation of jobs in the country, improving the welfare of Ukrainian citizens."