Ukraine ready to join NATO Mission in Iraq
02.11.2019 - 11:34
Ukraine is ready to join a non-combat training and advisory mission Ukraine is ready to join a non-combat training and advisory mission of NATO in Iraq, Defense Minister of Ukraine Andrii Zahorodniuk has said.
"I mean consulting and training for the Iraqi Armed Forces to maintain equipment which was probably produced in Soviet times or later and which our specialists can deal with… This is a non-combat mission which is being implemented in the rear," the minister said at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday.
He added that up to ten Ukrainian specialists could participate in the mission in Iraq.
The minister also said that talks on Ukraine's participation in the mission are under way and a decision will be made soon.
Source: NV