Ukraine has invited the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to make use of Ukraine`s air transport capabilities to carry alliance troops and cargo, a UNIAN correspondent reported, referring to comments made by Head of Defense Ministry`s Department on military policy, strategic planning and international cooperation, Major-General Anatoliy Petrenko.
Petrenko noted that Ukraine`s Defense Minister, Stepan Poltorak, held a series of bilateral meetings during the NATO summit in Warsaw, which met on July 8-9.
”With regard to our priorities and proposals, the Defense Minister has also put forward specific proposals for NATO, our allies and partners, enabling us to make use of Ukraine`s potential, with a view of strengthening mutual interests in the security sector,” Petrenko said.
”In this context, I would also like to mention our potential in the field of strategic and air transport. As is known, a fundamental decision has been taken. The cooperation with the Russian Federation has been suspended, within the framework of NATO`s Strategic Airlift Interim Solution, and we propose NATO take advantage of the potential of our state-owned company Antonov and begin using Ruslan and Mriya aircraft for transportation of troops and cargo,” Petrenko said.
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