Chief of Ukraine's General Staff, OSCE SMM chief monitor discuss closer cooperation

10:16, 06.01.2016 1 min read

Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, General Viktor Muzhenko has met with Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan to discuss cooperation.

"The meeting was devoted to establishing closer cooperation between the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the OSCE SMM," the ministry said in a statement posted on its website on Wednesday morning.

Among the issues discussed was how to ensure security of Ukrainian troops who observe the ceasefire along the contact line in eastern Ukraine and ways to raise the efficiency of the OSCE SMM in Ukraine.

At the end of the meeting, Muzhenko thanked Apakan for OSCE monitors' good performance and assured in full support and interest of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in further cooperation.