NATO has no plans to send troops to help the Ukrainian army in the conflict area in the East of Ukraine, said Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, political issues and security policy James Appathurai. "currently, there is no discussion and I do not envisage that it would be to send NATO troops into Eastern Ukraine," said Appathurai on the international forum of the organization of the "Yalta European strategy" (YES) on the last working day of the week in Kiev.