Ukraine-NATO Council meeting at ministerial level to take place in Ankara
Ukraine's ambassador to NATO, Aliona Hetmanchuk, has confirmed that a ministerial-level meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council will take place after all during the Alliance summit in Ankara.
Source: Hetmanchuk in an interview with European Pravda
Details: Hetmanchuk noted that Ukraine, as a partner, will have the most prominent representation at the summit, both at presidential level and at foreign minister level.
Quote: "The Ukraine-NATO Council will take place at the level of foreign ministers. And this is on the agenda."
More details: Hetmanchuk stressed the importance of this format for Ukraine.
Quote: "The Ukraine-NATO Council is what sets us apart from all other partners. It is something that emerged during the full-scale war but this institutional framework will certainly remain after the war ends."
More details: Hetmanchuk also said that more meetings of the Ukraine-NATO Council took place in the first half of this year than during the whole of last year.
Background:
- Türkiye's permanent representative to NATO, Basat Öztürk, said earlier that a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council at foreign minister level will take place during the NATO summit in Ankara on 7-8 July.
- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said there will be no separate NATO-Ukraine Council meeting at the level of heads of state during the summit in Türkiye.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine will be represented at the NATO summit by a delegation that he will lead.
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