Ukraine's leadership has been pursuing NATO membership since 2004, when pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko came to power. Ukraine failed to secure an agreement on a NATO Membership Action Plan, a key step toward joining the alliance, at the organization's summit in April, but was told the decision would be reviewed in December.
"The president of Hungary has given his assurance that his country will do everything it can to find a consensus at the summit in December on Ukraine's efforts to join NATO," the Ukrainian presidential press service said after the meeting between Hungary's Laszlo Solyom and Ukraine's Yushchenko.
A poll conducted in April by the FOM-Ukraina pollster showed a majority of Ukrainians are against their country joining NATO.
The poll showed that if a referendum were held 54.9% would vote against joining the military alliance, while 22.3% would back joining NATO.
