Minister Poltorak: Ukraine, US start strategic defense consultations

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the United States Department of Defense have started bilateral defense consultations at the strategic level.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said this following the meeting with the U.S. Secretary of Defense on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"We have opened defense consultations at the strategic level," Poltorak said.

He specified that the consultations were aimed at planning and preparing a number of serious measures to improve US-Ukraine relations in view of the challenges Ukraine faces now.

Ukrainian Defense Minister, General of the Ukrainian Army Stepan Poltorak is currently on a visit to Washington, where he is expected to meet with the leadership of the United States Department of Defense.

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