Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Roman Mashovets met with Head of the NATO Representation to Ukraine Alexander Vinnikov.
The interlocutors discussed the development of Ukraine's relations with the North Atlantic Alliance in the context of our country's Euro-Atlantic integration.
The parties paid special attention to defense reform, improvement of national legislation in the field of security and defense and advisory assistance of foreign partners.
Roman Mashovets stressed the invariability of the chosen course of the Ukrainian state for NATO membership and spoke in detail about certain aspects of legislative work, which fully takes into account the norms and rules of the Allies.
The Deputy Head of the Office of the President also informed the Head of the NATO Representation to Ukraine about the situation in Donbas and the prospects of its development.
The creation of a system of national resilience in Ukraine, the development of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and their role in the implementation of the Law on National Resistance recently adopted by the Verkhovna Rada were discussed in more detail.
For his part, Alexander Vinnikov stressed the continuity of NATO's position on full and unconditional support of the Alliance in the face of Russian aggression and the importance of expanding practical cooperation in this regard. He also introduced the new staff of the NATO Representation to Ukraine.
Roman Mashovets thanked Alexander Vinnikov for his personal contribution to the development of Ukraine's relations with the Alliance.