Ambassador
of Ukraine to the U.S. Valeriy Chaly
participated at the round table “Enhancing Ukraine’s National Security,
Strengthening its Military and Bolstering Ukraine’s Contribution to
International Security” organized by the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation.
In his
opening remarks the Ambassador stressed on importance of further security
support to Ukraine from the United States. He called on providing timely and
modernized assistance to enhance defense capacity of Ukraine, expansion of
training programs for the Ukrainian National Guard and Armed Forces and launch
of new military-technical cooperation projects. Valeriy
Chaly also underlined the importance of new
approaches to ensuring Ukraine’s security through using mechanisms of
Euro-Atlantic integration, reiteration of assurances embedded in Budapest
Memorandum and using bilateral formats between Ukraine and the United States.