On Friday, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman held
a meeting with NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow,
during which the sides discussed future cooperation between Ukraine and NATO.
Volodymyr Groysman informed
his interlocutor that the day before Ukraine saw the formation of a new Cabinet
of Ministers. In particular, for the first
time in the history of Ukraine in the Government it has been created a new post
- Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, he
underlined.
Cooperation
with #NATO is important in the activity of the newly formed Cabinet of Ministers
and for Ukraine as a whole, the Head of Government emphasized. "We will invest in our cooperation with you new strength and energy to
develop what we achieved, as well as expand our cooperation," stressed the
Prime Minister.
In
turn, Alexander Vershbow congratulated Volodymyr Groysman on
his appointment as Prime Minister of Ukraine and the creation of the post of
Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration in the Cabinet
of Ministers.
"We
believe the new Government to be an opportunity to give a new impetus to
reforms," noted AlexanderVershbow, stressing the need for implementation
of necessary changes in all spheres of life, including the fight against
corruption and reform of the defense and security sector of Ukraine in line
with NATO standards. "You should
have enough energy and enthusiasm to implement reforms," the Deputy
Secretary General expressed his desire to the members of the new Government.
In
this context, Volodymyr Groysman and Alexander Vershbow agreed
to enhance the support for the security and defence reforms. To this end the parties will develop a comprehensive support package to
meet the needs of our country till the Warsaw Summit in July. NATO Deputy
Secretary General expressed confidence that the Warsaw Summit of NATO would be
quite reasonable "opportunity to draw attention to the progress which
Ukraine has already made, and demonstrate Ukraine’s desire to implement reforms
in life."
The
parties agreed to resume the work of a State Inter-ministerial Commission on cooperation with NATO."Ukraine has missed many previous windows of opportunity. Let us
resolve not to miss this one", the Deputy
Secretary General pointed out.
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