National Radio Company of Ukraine
September 5, 2014
Ukraine, NATO agree on intensive cooperation – Poroshenko
President Petro Poroshenko attended a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at the level of heads of state and government of the member countries and partners of NATO, as part of the Alliance’s summit in Newport Wales.
Poroshenko thanked NATO and individual allies for the practical help and assistance provided to Ukraine in recent months – humanitarian assistance to the civilian population affected by the armed conflict, advisory support, as well as medical treatment of injured Ukrainian servicemen. He said that many allies had declared additional practical support for Ukraine to be provided on a bilateral basis, including commitments to contribute to newly established defence capacity building trust funds and what is especially important: “rehabilitation of wounded servicemen, bilateral military cooperation in the provision of lethal and non-lethal equipment,” including precision guidance arms, to Ukraine.
“A completely new security situation created by this aggression calls for our joint actions to counter the emerged security challenges including hybrid warfare threats and, thus, to shape a new strategic framework of NATO-Ukraine cooperation,” Poroshenko said. He noted that in the course of meetings with the leaders of other states they agreed that further cooperation would be focused on achieving full interoperability between Ukraine and NATO and developing joint capabilities in military, defence and security sectors. Agreement was also reached at the meeting to strengthen Ukraine’s intensive cooperation with NATO in defence and security sector through development and capacity building programs, focusing on reform of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and other security structures.
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