High-level NATO-Ukraine consultations at NATO Headquarters

  • 16 Nov. 2009 -
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  • Press Release (2009) 168
  • Issued on 13 Nov. 2009
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  • Last updated: 13 Nov. 2009 17:02

The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will chair the seventh Informal High-Level NATO-Ukraine Consultations with participation of Defence Ministers and other senior officials from Ukraine and NATO countries, to be held at NATO HQ in Brussels on Monday, 16 November 2009.

Participants will exchange views on the ongoing transformation of Ukraine’s national defence and security structures and practices against the background of the current challenging economic environment and Ukraine’s first Annual National Programme.

Previous meetings in this format were held in Berlin (2002), Washington D.C. (2003), Warsaw (2004), Vilnius (2005), Sintra (2006) and Tallinn (2008).

Media Programme (Events open to the press)

16 November 2009

1530-1545: Opening session (remarks by the Secretary General and Acting Minister of Defence of Ukraine)

Audiovisual media representatives interested in covering the opening session of the consultation meeting, should contact Mr. Damien Arnaud (press@hq.nato.int) for accreditation details. 

For further information on the High-Level Consultations, please contact NATO Press Service, tel. +32 2 707 504