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Berlin – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he wants to hold a referendum on his conflict-torn country joining NATO, in comments to a German newspaper published on Feb. 2.

He said 54 percent of Ukrainians now favoured membership, up from 16 percent four years ago, speaking with the Berliner Morgenpost and other regional daily newspapers.

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