NATO headquarters in Brussels have hosted a regular meeting of a Ukraine-NATO joint working group on defense reform in Ukraine.

Ukraine was represented at the meeting by senior officials from the National Security and Defense Council's office, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, as well as representatives of Ukraine's Mission to NATO.

During the meeting, representatives of NATO's International Staff, the delegations of NATO countries together with their Ukrainian counterparts discussed the experience and priorities of engaging experts from NATO member-states to the reform of Ukraine's security and defense sector.

In addition, the meeting participants assessed the state of implementation of a program on professional training of civil personnel of Ukraine's defense and security structures, which is carried out by a Ukraine-NATO joint working group on defense reform. They also listened to reports on the bilateral cooperation between Ukraine and the United States as part of the implementation of the annual national program.