“There are also the issues of situational awareness, exchange of information, which is done more intimately, which is also very important. So I do believe that this status is bringing a lot. And I encourage our Ukrainian friends to fully benefit and fully use this very important instrument at our disposal,” NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine news agency,
According to him, this new status gives an aspirant country like Ukraine access to more NATO exercises.
“And we see already a positive impact of the new status on the exercises. I think we have 11 exercises that we are doing together including the most recent one - Sea Breeze, which was co-led by Ukraine and the US. We had 32 nations participating. That is a massive transformation,” Geoană stressed.
As reported, on June 12, 2020, the Alliance granted Ukraine the Enhanced Opportunities Partner (EOP) status.
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