In his speech Mr. A.Olefirov said that the selection of Ukraine’s non-bloc status did not impacted negatively on the interaction of our country with NATO, vice versa, this transition facilitated the intensification of cooperation with NATO. Ukraine is the only partner participating in all ongoing peace and security support operations led by NATO.

NATO Deputy Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges Jamie Shea joined live the Forum from Brussels.

Leading experts in the field of security and international relations from the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary and Ukraine attended the event.