Decision on work of EU mission in Ukraine as part of Common Security and Defense Policy could be made soon – diplomat
The decision to send an EU mission to Ukraine as part of the Common Security and Defense Policy could be made in the near future, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has reported.
"If such a final decision is made at the next meeting of the EU Council, then this assistance could really be provided to Ukraine in June," the director of the ministry's department for the European Union, Vsevolod Chentsov, said.
He said that the initiators for sending such a mission to Ukraine were the United Kingdom, Poland and Sweden.
"This is a civilian mission that will help strengthen the possibilities of law enforcement agencies and the security sector," he said.
Chentsov noted that it was currently early to talk about the strength and technical capabilities of the mission, but suggested that it could be a group of up to several hundred people.
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