The head of the defense Ministry of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak on June 24-25, will visit the headquarters of NATO, where he will meet with Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Jens Stoltenberg and the Minister of defense Ashton Carter, informs the mission of Ukraine to NATO.

it is said that during your stay at the headquarters of the NATO Poltorak will participate in the meeting of the Commission Ukraine-NATO at the level of defence Ministers, in the meeting of defense Ministers of the countries of contributors Advisory and of the NATO training mission in Afghanistan, Resolute support.

"Also (Poltorak) will hold separate meetings with Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary of defense Carter, Minister of defense of Lithuania Juozas) Olekas, Minister of defence of Poland (Tomasz) Semenyaka and defense Minister of Australia (Kevin) Andrews ", - is informed in the report.

in the framework of the Ministerial activities of NATO Poltorak will Also meet with the authorized foreign and Ukrainian media.


In accordance with the Treaty of 1949, the main task of NATO is to safeguard the freedom and security of its member States by political and military means. NATO guarantees the protection of common values allies - democracy, freedom, identity, rule of law and the peaceful settlement of disputes, and Also promotes these values throughout the Euro-Atlantic region. NATO provides a forum for public consultation of the countries of North America and Europe on security issues of common concern, and for joint actions aimed at their solution.

The purpose of the organization is to ensure the collective security of its members in the Euro-Atlantic region, an attack on one member is treated as an attack on the Union in General. Under the NATO Charter, it is open to new members who are likely to develop the principles of the Treaty and to contribute to collective security. About the aims and objectives of NATO

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