Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister for European integration Ihor Dolhov has met with a NATO defense planning delegation in Kyiv; the delegation arrived in Ukraine on August 29 to participate in an expert session on Ukraine's involvement in the planning and appraisal of forces process.

David Brown from the planning department of the NATO International Secretariat's Defense Policy and Planning Division is the delegation head, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's press service said on Tuesday. The delegation is due to have working meetings with the heads of relevant units of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and Armed Forces' General Staff, and representatives of the State Border Service, the National Guard, the State Emergency Service and the Security Service.

The new national security strategy and military doctrine define every area of reforms in the defense and security sector, including the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Dolhov said.

The sides discussed progress of reforms in the Ukrainian Armed Forces and fields for further expert consulting and NATO practical support to the Ukrainian army, in particular, from the angle of the NATO summit in Warsaw.

The Ukrainian deputy defense minister noted close cooperation between the ministry and the NATO office in Ukraine.