NATO's assessment of Ukraine's annual reform plan is positive – Ukraine's MFA

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has announced that he has received NATO's assessment of Ukraine's implementation of the NATO-Ukraine Annual National Programme (ANP).

As reported by European Pravda’s Brussels correspondent, Sybiha said on the sidelines of a NATO ministerial meeting that receiving the Alliance's opinion on the ANP was the official reason for the NATO-Ukraine Council meeting: "The purpose of this meeting was to assess Ukraine's progress in implementing the Annual National Programme."

He said the Alliance's conclusion was positive.

"We’ve received a positive assessment of the ANP implementation. Our progress towards the unchanging strategic goal of Ukraine's accession to NATO has been assessed positively. And this is very important," he stated, but gave no other details.

The ANP is the key tool with which NATO assesses Ukraine. The successful implementation of annual programmes is one of the criteria for inviting Ukraine to join.