Press Release (2005)128 19 Oct. 2005

Secretary General to chair high-level NATO-Ukraine consultations The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will travel to Vilnius on 23 October 2005. On 24 October he will chair the fourth Informal High-Level NATO-Ukraine Consultations with participation of Defence Ministers from NATO countries and Ukraine. The conference is co-organised by NATO and the Institute of the International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University of Lithuania. Participants will discuss, inter alia, the results and the implementation of Ukraine’s defence policy review, defence-related aspects of the Intensified Dialogue, as well as possible forms of NATO and Allied support for security sector reform in Ukraine. On the margins of the conference, the Secretary General of NATO will attend the signing of the Letter of Intent for Nations Expressing their Support for the NATO-Ukraine Joint Working Group on Defence Reform Programme for Professional Development of Civilian Personnel Employed in the Ukrainian Security Institutions, to be endorsed by 13 NATO Allies and Ukraine.

Tel: Fax: +32 (0)2 707 50 41 +32 (0)2 707 50 57 B-1110 Brussels/Bruxelles http://www.nato.int press@hq.nato.int