NATO sets dates for ministerial meeting and NATO-Ukraine Council in June

NATO defence ministers will meet at NATO headquarters in Brussels on 13-14 June, with a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council on the first day.

As reported by the press service of the North Atlantic Alliance, the meeting of NATO defence ministers will be held on Thursday and Friday, 13-14 June, under the chairmanship of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Stoltenberg will speak to the press on both days of the meeting.

In addition, a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of defence ministers will take place on 13 June.

The detailed agenda will be announced closer to the date.

The previous meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council was held in April at Ukraine's request.

In late April, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kyiv. He and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed, among other things, a US$100 billion NATO special fund to support Ukraine.

During a speech to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament), Stoltenberg explained his vision of Ukraine's NATO accession.