U.S. and Ukraine sign defense cooperation plan (12/14/97)

U.S. and Ukraine sign defense cooperation plan

U.S. Department of Defense

BRUSSELS - U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen and his Ukrainian counterpart, Lt. Gen. Oleksander Kuzmuk, signed a plan of cooperation for 1998 between the Department of Defense and the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on December 3.

The plan details various programs the United States and Ukraine will undertake in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation on Defense and Military Relations Between the Department of Defense of the United States of America and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine signed on July 27, 1993.

The programs include ministerial visits, contact programs between U.S. and Ukrainian armed forces, English language training programs, increased ties between U.S. and Ukrainian military educational facilities, Partnership for Peace activities, and strengthening the NATO-Ukraine relationship.

The plan provides for bilateral working group meetings in Ukraine in the spring and in the United States in the fall of 1998.

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