Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk does not see the need to amend the Constitution of Ukraine in terms of intentions to join NATO, even if our state receives security guarantees from other countries. This was said by the head of parliament in an interview, reports UNIAN.

Stefanchuk explained that membership in NATO can be seen as a future prospect. At the same time, security guarantees from other states Ukraine could use already now.

"If we get guarantees, we will use these guarantees. And anything that is written in the Constitution on NATO, on the EU, these are our perspective visions for the future. We need guarantees now, not in the future. We have already signed the Budapest memorandum for the future, which has not been tested," Stefanchuk said.

To the clarifying question whether this means that the Parliament will not make changes to the Constitution of Ukraine, the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada replied in the affirmative.

"We will not. Changing the Constitution is not and will never be an end in itself. It is a toolkit. No one has ever made a good thing out of it," Stefanchuk assured.

He added that the priority for the Ukrainian authorities is security of Ukraine and its citizens. That is why security guarantees are being worked out.