Brussels to host meetings of EuroAtlantic partnership military committee, Ukraine-NATO committee

Brussels to host meetings of EuroAtlantic partnership military committee, Ukraine-NATO committee

Nov 19, 2008 at 11:14 | Interfax-Ukraine
Kyiv, November 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) - A Ukrainian military delegation on Wednesday arrived in Brussels to participate in meetings of the EuroAtlantic partnership military committee and the Ukraine-NATO committee at the level of chiefs of general staffs.

Chief of General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel General Serhiy Kyrychenko is heading the Ukrainian delegation, according to the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

The meetings will take place at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on November 19-20. Participating in them will be over 60 chiefs of general staffs from NATO member and partner states, as well as countries of the Mediterranean Dialogue.

On Wednesday, Kyrychenko is scheduled to meet with NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of the Strategic Command Operations, General John Craddock, before a meeting of the EuroAtlantic partnership military committee.

On Thursday, Kyrychenko is expected to meet with Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Giampaolo di Paola, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation General James Mattis, and Chief of General Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Valdas Tutkus.