Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze had a meeting with Director of the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence. The parties discussed main directions of cooperation and the plans for 2017.

Ukraine badly needs to ensure the development of a system of protection of critical infrastructure, in particular, in the energy sector. The NATO specialists expressed readiness to provide assistance to Ukraine. It was also noted that this issue is integrated, so there should be engaged both state institutions and the private sector as well.

In the meeting was participating Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania Marius Janukonis. The Embassy of Lithuania now is the NATO Contact Point Embassy in Ukraine. Marius Janukonis assured of the full support for the joint projects with the Center.