Political Committee in Ukraine

From 10 to 12 February, NATO's Political Committee undertook its second visit to Ukraine since the signature of the NATO-Ukraine Charter in July 1997. Meetings in Kyiv with Foreign Minister Tarasyuk, with the State Interagency Committee of Ukraine for relations with NATO, and with members of the Foreign Relations and Security and Defence Committees of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) allowed the NATO representatives to gain a first-hand impression of current security concerns and views on NATO-Ukraine cooperation.

NATO-Ukraine cooperation is now focused on the implementation of Ukraine's Individual Partnership Programme and on Information and Civil Emergency Planning. NATO will be sending two Liaison Officers to Kyiv in the near future to help foster cooperation. The NATO-Ukraine Summit in the context of the 23-25 April NATO Summit in Washington DC. will also strengthen relations.