Ukrainian Military Happy to Cooperate With Russians
29 декабря, 00:00
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksandr Kuzmuk signed a 1999
bilateral cooperation plan in the military sphere with his Russian counterpart
Igor Sergeyev, Interfax Ukraine reports. The document stipulates 30 bilateral
military projects, including two joint naval exercises.
Mr. Kuzmuk, arriving with other colleagues to attend a CIS Council of
Defense Ministers, condemned the US-UK missile attacks on Iraq. His statement
about Ukraine taking a "calm attitude" to NATO's eastward expansion program
was received rather coolly by Moscow. It is common knowledge, however,
that Ukraine does not intend to join the North Atlantic Alliance at present,
Mr. Kuzmuk added, obviously trying to assuage Russian fears.
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