A National Security and Defense Council meeting on May 20, which was chaired by President Petro Poroshenko, considered a Strategic Defense Bulletin and issues related to the planning and fulfillment of state defense orders.
“Participation of experts from NATO and its separate member states [in the development of this Defense Bulletin] is natural and necessary. The Strategic Defense Bulletin is a road map of reform in the defense and security sector,” the presidential press service quoted Poroshenko as saying.
The president said that the document not only concerns the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but is also designed to set timeframes and concrete tasks for the comprehensive reform of the defense and security sector.
“This project is an actual beginning of the real revamp of the defense and security sector necessary for NATO membership. This does not mean that a decision on accession to NATO is being taken now. Of course, we remain within the framework of our international obligations, but this is the Rubicon that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are now crossing together with the defense and security sector to completely adopt NATO standards,” he said.
