It has become known who will attend the conference in Luxembourg, where NATO and Ukraine will discuss the modernization of the Ukrainian defense procurement process to make it faster, more sustainable and transparent. This was reported by UNN with reference to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, UNN reports.
Delegates from NATO and Ukraine will gather to discuss how to modernize Ukraine's defense procurement process to make it faster, more sustainable and transparent. Stacey Cummings, General Manager of the NATO Logistics and Procurement Agency, will open the conference, and speakers will include Dmytro Klymenkov, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, and Tom Hoffus, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations.
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The conference in Luxembourg will focus on the new phase of NATO's partnership with Ukraine and is scheduled to take place this week.
The General Staff reminded that the NATO-Ukraine Strategic Defense Procurement Review is part of the Alliance's Comprehensive Assistance Package, an initiative launched in 2016 to support Ukraine's ability to strengthen its security and implement large-scale reforms.
The review, which is being supported by Norway and requested by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, is being led by experts from NATO and Ukraine in close cooperation with the NATO Procurement Agency.
The review aims to help Ukraine reform its defense procurement system and align it with NATO practices and standards. Its recommendations will ensure greater accountability, transparency and interoperability, helping to pave the way for Ukraine's future membership in the Alliance.
The military also noted that this conference represents the beginning of the first phase of the review, which creates working groups to develop a set of policy recommendations to be approved at the Washington summit in July.
Стефанішина назвала ключових противників запрошення України в НАТО22.03.24, 18:23
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The meeting was previously announced by Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna on her Facebook page. Stefanishyna emphasized that the purpose of the Strategic Review is to help Ukraine reform its defense procurement system to align it with NATO practices and standards.