Ukraine's Interior Ministry in cooperation with the United States is implementing about 24 programs, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has said at a meeting with Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection R. Gil Kerlikowske.
During the meeting Avakov said today Ukraine in cooperation with the United States is realizing a large program for the Interior Ministry reform. The first thing in these public reforms is the reform of the police unit as support for the society, the border guard service and the security system.
Avakov noted the ministry in cooperation with the United States is now implementing about 24 programs, including training programs for the KORD special force unit, those to support the brigade of light infantry of the National Guard of Ukraine, within which joint exercises of guardsmen and U.S. Marine Corps have been executed, as well as the program for the reform of the border guard service.
The minister noted over a year of intensive work the level of trust in the police rose from 7 percent to 44 percent.
He also noted Ukraine’s partners in these changes are the United States, the EU, Canada, Japan, and Turkey.
