Ukrainian parliament may pass national security law on June 21

He said this during a panel "Confronting New Security Challenges" within the framework of the 2nd Inter-parliamentary Conference "Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: Strengthening Inter-parliamentary Component of Regional Cooperation and Security Cooperation and Development of Interaction with EU and NATO", an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"Military development and enhancement of military forces remains a top priority for us. Therefore, the law on national security and defense will be put on the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine during the next plenary week [June 19-22]," the Verkhovna Rada chairman said.

According to him, it is a very ambitious and systemic law, which should be a significant step towards improving the defense capability of Ukraine.

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