KYIV, Feb 25 – Ukraine's strategic goal is to apply for EU membership and receive an Action Plan for NATO membership no later than 2023, President Petro Poroshenko said.

"I set a strategic goal for myself and the whole state: to apply for membership in the European Union and get an Action Plan for NATO membership no later than 2023," Poroshenko said at the youth forum titled "Youth opinion is important. Prospects for joining NATO and the EU" in Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky of Kyiv region on Monday.