The conference Ukraine-NATO has been held in Kiev

Nowadays Ukraine needs to concentrate on the implementation of NATO standards and the performance of yearlong national programs of collaboration with Alliance. Such a conclusion was made by the participants of the First Kiev Transatlantic Dialogue that was held on October 26-27 in the capital of Ukraine due tothe initiative of German Marshall Fund (GMF), Boumbouras Foundation, as well as the Gefest company with the assistance of NATO.The organizational partner of the dialogue was the Ukrainian company "Political Solutions Center", Ukrainian News informs.

Kiev Transatlantic Dialogues are the first official event, devoted to the integration of Ukraine into NATO being held in Kiev. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin, the Ambassador of the USA in Ukraine MariiaYovanovich, the Vice-President of German Marshall Fund of USA Jan Lesser, the Director of Security and Political-Military Affairs at the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs of US Department of State Michael Murphy, the Director of Arms Control and Mass Destruction Weapon Non-Proliferation Initiative at the Brookings Institution Steven Pifer, the Head of the NATO Public Diplomacy Department Gerlinda Nigus and other famous experts and representatives of countries- allies of North Atlantic Alliance.

As Vasilis Boumbouras, the Vice-President of Boumbouras Foundation, stated, the task of transatlantic dialogues is the creation of regular platform for exchange of ideas regarding the integration of Ukraine into NATO between high-ranking representatives of countries-members of Alliance and Ukrainian politicians.

"Today’s conference is the result of bold idea, which started to be implemented six years ago and was devoted to creating of platform for exchange of ideas and views about how Ukraine should be moving on the way to North Atlantic Community. We have got an opportunity to work with high-ranking representatives of the European Union, America and Ukraine - with those who take decisions. I am inviting everybody to share your ideas and propositions in open environment, specially made for exchanging the thoughts and creating a productive dialogue. With the purpose of forming a clear strategy for safety and defense of Ukraine",- Vasilis Boumbouras underlined.

At the same time, Michael Murphy, Director of Security and Political-Military Affairs of the US State Department, noted that in order to become a full member of NATO, Ukraine needs military reform and security service reform.

"NATO is first of all the alliance of values and that is why the most successful alliance ever. In the period after Cold War we had to adjust to new types of threats. Nowadays, both Americans, and White House are concerned by the threat of terrorism from the East in the first turn. Nevertheless, the issue of the solution of conflict in the Donbass region and the liberation of Crimea stays the guiding idea in Washington. As far as you know, we are having collaboration in many directions - we have increased trust funds for helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine, for improving the health of Ukrainian soldiers, for providing the psychological recovery, our instructors teach your soldiers regularly. You have got the right imaging, but you need to implement it. You are limited by your imagination and energy only. Ukraine needs the military reform, the reform of security service, and then it will be able to become a full member of NATO", - Michael Murphy noted.

The participants of the Conference also discussed the tasks of Ukraine before NATO Summit in 2018, the methods of counteractions of the North Atlantic Community experts to hybrid wars and the future role of China in the geopolitical worldview.

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