KIEV, May 18 ??“ Ukraine??™s pro-Western parties seeking to create the ruling coalition should include a clause in a coalition agreement that outlines the country??™s plans to join NATO, President Viktor Yushchenko said.

???The coalition has to provide answers to a number of key questions,??? Yushchenko told Interfax-Ukraine in an interview on Thursday. The questions, he said, include ???integration into the Euro-Atlantic community,??? a term that is widely used to describe NATO.