North Atlantic Council visit to Ukraine / Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission

  • 09 Jul. 2017 - 10 Jul. 2017
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  • Press Release (2017) 117
  • Issued on 06 Jul. 2017
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  • Last updated: 09 Jul. 2017 19:00

General information

At the invitation of the Ukrainian authorities, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) chaired by NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will visit Ukraine on 9-10 July 2017.

A meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission with the President of Ukraine, Mr. Petro Poroshenko will take place on 10 July.

During the visit, the Secretary General will deliver an address at the Parliament of Ukraine. The North Atlantic Council and the Secretary General will also meet the Speaker of the Parliament and Heads of the Parliamentary Factions.

The Secretary General and the NATO Ambassadors will visit an exhibition presenting achievements of 20 years of NATO-Ukraine co-operation.  Outreach activities will also be organized, during which NATO Ambassadors will engage with members of the civil society.

During the visit, the Secretary General will also have a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mr. Volodymyr Groysman.

The same day, the Secretary General and the Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration will inaugurate the new premises of the NATO Representation to Ukraine.

Media coverage and accreditation:  

The media program will be communicated on the NATO website (www.nato.int). Media accreditation will be done by the institutions hosting each event, who will also provide facilities for media.  

NATO will provide visual coverage from all media events; some events are tentatively scheduled to be streamed live on the NATO website (to be confirmed closer to the event) and made available on satellite via Eurovision Geneva.

Still photos, audio and video recordings will be available on the NATO website.

Key media events and details for media accreditation are below.

  • Media coverage of the opening of the Exhibition presenting achievements of 20 years of NATO-Ukraine co-operation (Mystetskyi Arsenal National Art and Culture Museum Complex)

For media accreditation and details:
Vice-Premier’s office - klymchuk.ap@gmail.com; +380 (44) 256 62 21

  • Coverage of the opening remarks of the NATO-Ukraine Commission meeting followed by
  • Joint press conference of the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg and the President of Ukraine, Mr. Petro Poroshenko (Presidential Administration).

Live webstream, available via Eurovision Geneva
For media accreditation and details:
Presidential Administration - apu@apu.gov.ua; +380 44 255 78 13; +380 44 255 63 18

  • NATO Secretary General’s address to the Parliament of Ukraine

Live webstream, available via Eurovision Geneva
For media accreditation and details:
Parliament of Ukraine - http://iportal.rada.gov.ua/fba; +380 44 255 35 71

  • Visual opportunity for the inauguration of the new premises of the NATO Representation in Ukraine with the participation of the Secretary General and the Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.

For media accreditation and details:
Vice-Premier’s office - klymchuk.ap@gmail.com; +380 (44) 256 62 21

Contacts:

NATO Press and Media Section:
Alina Coca
Email: coca.alina@hq.nato.int

Ukraine:
Contacts mentioned above for each event.