Stoltenberg will come to Kyiv for NATO-Ukraine Commission meeting

11:22, 07.07.2017 1 min read

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Ukraine on July 9-10 and take part in a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine commission, which will be also attended by President Petro Poroshenko, the Alliance's press service said on Thursday.

Stoltenberg will visit Kyiv at the invitation of the Ukrainian authorities as the head of the North Atlantic Council - the main political governing body of NATO, consisting of permanent representatives of member countries of the organization.

The meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission with the participation of the president of Ukraine will be held on July 10, the report says.

A meeting between Poroshenko and Stoltenberg is also planned, the Ukrainian president's press service reported.

During the visit, the NATO secretary general will deliver a speech at Ukrainian parliament, meet with the speaker and heads of parliamentary factions. Stoltenberg will hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman and will open a new building of the NATO mission in Ukraine.