President Poroshenko approves NATO-Ukraine annual cooperation program

This is reported by the press service of the Head of State.

As noted, the annual national program (ANP-2018) is a systemic strategic document that defines the priority tasks for 2018 and medium-term goals to be achieved by 2020. The document also outlines the relevant practical measures within the framework of implementation of Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration policy, reforming the country's security and defense sector in accordance with the standards and recommendations of the Alliance.

The ANP-2018 is to ensure the fulfillment of the priority tasks of Ukraine's cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and of the relevant decisions, taken at the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at the level of the heads of state and government in Warsaw on July 9, 2016, as well as other important agreements with NATO.

The program is aimed at attracting and using the potential and practical and consultative assistance of NATO and the Alliance member countries with the purpose of enhancing Ukraine's defense capability in the context of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation as well as introducing purposeful and systematic measures to prepare the country for joining NATO.

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