16:39 24.06.2017

MP Friz wants autumn session of NATO PA in Bucharest to address deepening cooperation between Ukrainian army, Romania

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MP Friz wants autumn session of NATO PA in Bucharest to address deepening cooperation between Ukrainian army, Romania

Head of the Subcommittee for the Security of State Information Systems of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense Iryna Friz (the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction) supports the initiative to deepen the interaction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the Romanian counterparts and intends to raise this issue during the autumn session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

"With the development of military infrastructure in the region [in the south of Ukraine] and the enlargement of the armed forces grouping there, we will develop and deepen cooperation with Romania as a member of the North Atlantic Alliance to achieve greater effectiveness in carrying out security tasks in the Black Sea Region. As chairman of the permanent Ukrainian delegation to the NATO PA, I fully support such an initiative and in the fall of this year the issues of deepening regional cooperation will be raised at the next session of the NATO PA in Bucharest," she wrote on her Facebook page on Friday, commenting on the decision of the Defense Ministry's leadership to strengthen the army group in Odesa region.

She also noted the importance of such a decision at this stage. "Military activity on the territory of the unrecognized Transdniestria, the nature of the military exercises of an operational group of Russian troops, as well as the statements of the Transdniestrian puppet leadership regarding the probability of applying to the Russian Federation for help through establishing transparent control over the movement of goods at the checkpoints located in the Transdniestrian sections of the Ukrainian-Moldovan border mean that the strengthening of Ukrainian armed forces' presense in the region is a necessity," the lawmaker said.

As reported, the Ukrainian leadership is planning to increase the Ukrainian Armed Forces' grouping with simultaneous creation of necessary technical and logistical facilities in Odesa region.

"The previous military and political leadership made decisions as a result of which there are almost no military units in this region. Our plans include strengthening the grouping, creating the infrastructure and necessary technical and logistical facilities. We already have a military unit in Bolhrad presently, military units were established in Sarat, and a commandant's office will be deployed to Artsyz," , Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said during a working visit to the Odesa garrison on Friday.

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