Oleksandr Turchynov: Ukraine is developing a modern European model of the security and defense sector

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov held a meeting with the group of foreign high-level strategic advisers on defense reform under the Reform Committee of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The following advisers attended the meeting: from the United States - Lieutenant General Keith Dayton, from the United Kingdom - General Nick Parker, from Germany - Lieutenant General Volker Halbauer, and from Canada - Executive Director for External Relations and Partnership at the Canadian Defense Academy of the Ministry of National Defense Jill Sinclair.

The parties discussed the issues of reforming the security and defense sector of Ukraine and the prospects of our country's entry into the North Atlantic Alliance.

According to Mr. Turchynov, despite the ongoing war, the reform of the security and defense sector of Ukraine according to NATO standards is carried out.

"We do not wait until the war is over to complete the reform and move to NATO standards", - the NSDC Secretary said recalling the recently adopted Law "On National Security of Ukraine" initiated by the NSDC of Ukraine, which laid the foundations for building a modern European model of the security and defense sector of our state.

"For our state, the strategic goal is to become a full-fledged NATO member, and in the long run - of the EU. We understand how much more work is still needed to achieve this goal, but we are ready for this", - Mr. Turchynov concluded.

In their turn, strategic advisers acknowledged how much Ukraine has done to reform its security and defense sector.