Ukraine's Defense Minister hopes NATO's new strategic concept to keep organization's openness principle

Yekhanurov stressed that NATO's open-door policy and readiness of the organization for enlargement helps form the common responsibility for building of a security system and its support. He noted that from the point of view of Ukraine, NATO remains the most influential security organization on the Euro-Atlantic space.

“We are meeting today for the first time after the December Foreign Ministerial and have a chance to look at the practical routes that may allow Ukraine to fulfill its Euro-Atlantic aspirations. We fully realize that this task will bring additional responsibility to Ukraine for a greater scope of work to be additionally performed,” the minister underscored.