Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk (L) meets with U.S. Senator John McCain in Kiev March 15, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Kravchenko/Pool
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's new pro-Western leadership is not seeking membership of NATO, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Tuesday, in comments intended to reassure Russia and Ukraine's large number of Russian-speakers.
Yatseniuk, who came to office after the removal of Moscow-backed President Viktor Yanukovich, also said decentralisation of power was a key plank of government policy, adding Kiev's efforts to integrate with Europe would take into account the interests of Ukraine's mainly Russian-speaking industrial east.
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