KIEV, April 25 ??“ The U.S. will seek support from its allies on Thursday for a plan that would ensure Ukraine??™s quick accession to NATO, the Financial Times reported Tuesday citing a senior NATO diplomat.

Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, at a meeting in Sofia, will ask her counterparts to back Ukraine??™s entry to NATO??™s ???membership action plan??? ??“ the key step before the accession.