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STRASBOURG, France, June 23 (UPI) -- Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych says his country isn't going to take part in a new European missile defense system backed by NATO nor join the bloc itself. Yanukovych, speaking to reporters Tuesday in Strasbourg, France, following the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, said Ukraine remains "a non-aligned nation" and rejected the country's involvement in the European anti-missile system. "Our position remains unchanged: We have been, are, and will be a non-aligned nation, as it is defined in the law on domestic and foreign policy," Yanukovych said. Read the story here