Ukraine hopes NATO trust funds will start working this year - Klimkin

Some of the four NATO trust funds that were formed to help Ukraine reform the security sector are ready for practical cooperation, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said.

"We have four funds, and certain contributions will be made by the end of this year. But all trust funds, as we expect, will start working by the end of this year or early next year," he said in Brussels on Wednesday after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

He noted that Kyiv was currently trying to determine specific projects that will be implemented as part of these funds.

However, Klimkin declined to specify which amounts of money the issue may concern.

As reported, at the NATO summit in Wales in early September this year, it was decided to establish four trust funds to support reforms in Ukraine's defense sector. The funds will work on projects in the field of logistics, defense sector management, cyber security and rehabilitation of wounded soldiers.