Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed the
law on the ratification of a memorandum of understanding between the Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the United Kingdom on cooperation in
the defense sector (bill No.0110).
The president signed this law on Monday, November 21,
the press service of the Ukrainian parliament reported.
The document stipulates that cooperation between the
Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom is carried
out through consultations, meetings between the leadership and exchange of
experience.
The forms of cooperation envisaged by the document include the
exchange of visits by naval ships, aircraft of the air forces and units of the
armed forces, invitations to attend exercises in the respective countries,
talks, conferences, seminars, workshops, and training of military personnel.
The document stipulates that the military exercises
between the armed forces of the two countries will be regulated by a separate
memorandum of understanding between the Defense Ministries of Ukraine and the
UK as regards the use of the training grounds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by
the British military as of July 18, 1996.
The memorandum of understanding between the
governments of Ukraine and the UK on cooperation in the defense sector was
signed in Kyiv on March 17, 2016, and ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
on November 2, 2016.
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