According to the Press and Information Office of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, on May 28, 2021, a meeting of the NATO Partnership and Collective Security Committee and the delegation from Ukraine took place in hybrid format "NATO Headquarters Conference Room/Online Broadcast". The Partnership Goals Package describes a program for assessing Ukraine’s forces, as well as a number of tasks to reform the country’s defense sector and strengthen its security.
On the basis of the results of the Committee meeting, the basic conditions for joining NATO were determined as follows:
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- Military components of the revolving sector are subordinated to the civilian ministry
- Transformation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Ukraine-NATO synergies at strategic levels
The next step, once the Partnership Goals Package is agreed, is to refer it to the North Atlantic Council.
Ukraine’s efforts towards achieving compatibility with NATO standards, as well as progress in our country’s defense reform, were noted by the representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, Poland, France, Bulgaria, Latvia, Canada, Lithuania and Denmark. Each of these countries expressed its support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
