Ukraine meets 67 percent of NATO standards, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister on European Integration says
Two-thirds of NATO standards have been implemented in Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanyshyna said during an online briefing on Dec. 21.
She added that as a NATO enhanced opportunities partner, Ukraine has
joined in a number of military training exercises, and has also begun
organizing joint military drills with the alliance in Ukraine. Next year, NATO
cybersecurity training programs will be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
“We will (then) be able to assess the progress of the Ukraine-NATO partnership
program,” said Stefanyshyna.
“We’re happy with this year’s achievements. Speaking of the
implementation of NATO standards in particular, over the last two years we have
implemented practically two-thirds of NATO standards developed since 1997.”
According to her, Ukraine intends to get an individual partnership
program finalized before the 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid. The program will
define “the five main collaboration areas” between Ukraine and the alliance.
Ukraine also expects to renew its NATO partnership goals before the next
summit.
Ukraine received the status of an aspiring NATO member in March 2018,
which was official acknowledgement of the country's aspiration for full NATO
membership. In 2019, the Ukrainian government made that goal a part of the
Ukrainian constitution.
At a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in April, Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that NATO membership for Ukraine is the
only way to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas
region.
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