Ukraine to be one of priorities at Washington Summit - NATO
NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană (NATO Int)
Ukraine will be one of the priorities at the next NATO leaders' summit. It will be held in Washington in July 2024, according to NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană.
"At this year’s summit in Washington, we will go further. Doing what is necessary to ensure the security of our people, our nations and yes, the international rules-based system," he says.
According to him, the summit will discuss strengthening collective defense, especially air and missile defense. Support for Ukraine will also be one of the main priorities of the summit.
"The first meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in Chiefs of Defence format is another testament of our enduring support for this nation, because the Ukrainians are also fighting our fight. And we will work even more closely with our partners around the world," says Mircea Geoană.
Meeting of NATO military leaders
Today and tomorrow, a meeting of NATO's highest military body, the Alliance's Military Committee, will take place in Brussels.
Also on February 17, the first meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in the format of the Armed Forces Commanders is scheduled to take place in Brussels. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, will participate in the meeting and will speak online.
