09:40 26.07.2016

Ukraine, Italy discuss participation of Ukraine's Armed Forces in NATO mission as part of Italian contingent in Afghanistan

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Ukraine, Italy discuss participation of Ukraine's Armed Forces in NATO mission as part of Italian contingent in Afghanistan

Representatives of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and the delegation of the General Staff of Defense of Italy in Kyiv have signed a letter of willingness to intensify cooperation in 2017.

The Defense Ministry's press service said during a meeting in Kyiv the Ukrainian and Italian sides held consultations on continuation of participation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the NATO mission "Resolute Support" in Afghanistan as part of the Italian military contingent, military-technical cooperation in the framework of the joint Ukrainian-Italian commission on military-technical cooperation.

The sides also discussed further ways of the development of bilateral Ukrainian-Italian cooperation in the defense sphere, in military education, the training of Ukrainian military personnel, and cooperation within EU and NATO projects.

The parties considered the issues of military-medical cooperation, in particular, treatment and rehabilitation of Armed Forces servicemen wounded during the ATO.

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