From Interfax: Ukraine will continue promoting cooperation with NATO, Ukrainian First Deputy Defense Minister Hryhoriy Pedchenko said at a meeting with the alliance’s delegation led by head of NATO’s Defense Policy Planning Directorate Frank Boland in Kyiv on April 27.

We will continue developing our relations with NATO within the Annual National Program, the Ukraine-NATO Commission, the Ukraine-NATO Military Committee, as well as the Ukraine-NATO joint working group for military reform," Pedchenko said.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been playing an active role in four of NATO’s five international operations, and they plan to continue participating in peacekeeping operations led by the alliance, the Ukrainian official said.  (photo: National Radio Company of Ukraine)

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