The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has approved the draft annual national program of cooperation between Ukraine and NATO, which will be submitted to President Viktor Yanukovych.
According to the project, Ukraine will develop constructive partnership with the Alliance as stipulated by the law of Ukraine on the principles of domestic and foreign policy in the areas set out in the relevant bilateral documents, in compliance with the principles laid down in the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization dated July 9, 1997 and the declaration to complement the charter dated August 21, 2009, the government’s press service reported.
The implementation of Ukraine-NATO annual national cooperation programme will contribute to domestic reforms in security, defense, economic, legal sector and other fields, as well as help involve the expertise and other resources of NATO member states into these processes.
