Ukraine and NATO will work to deepen cooperation in strategic communications
Kyiv • UNN
Ukraine and NATO agreed to deepen cooperation in strategic communications, where Ukraine will share its experience in countering Russian propaganda and disinformation during the war.
On March 18, 2024, the inaugural meeting of the Strategic Communications Committee of the NATO-Ukraine Council was held at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. This was reported by the press service of the ICIP, according to UNN.
Details
It is noted that the Ukrainian side was represented by Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Taras Shevchenko and Director of the Department of Communications and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Victoria Lyalina-Boyko.
Taras Shevchenko briefed the participants of the meeting on the work in the field of information security, measures to counter Russian propaganda and disinformation. Particular attention was paid to the issue of communications with the population in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and mechanisms for the safe delivery of truthful and reliable information to fellow citizens under occupation.
NATO member states emphasized that the Alliance is particularly interested in learning from Ukraine's unique experience in conducting successful communications in times of war and views the newly created Committee as an effective tool for cooperation in this area,
The allies also reaffirmed their readiness to support Ukraine, in particular in countering Russian propaganda and disinformation, and in keeping the topic of supporting Ukraine in the focus of international attention.
Addendum
In the framework of the meeting, Taras Shevchenko also met with the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Marie-Doa Besanceno.
In particular, the meeting emphasized that Ukraine is the number one target of Russia's disinformation attacks and has considerable experience in countering it, so it is necessary to strengthen cooperation between Ukraine and NATO on countering disinformation.
Recall
The Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine have launched a new defense management reform to improve defense planning, resource management, and interoperability with NATO.
