First meeting on first joint institution between NATO and Ukraine took place in Poland

On March 5, the first meeting of the project team to launch the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre (JATEC) took place in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

This was reported by government’s press service

The Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna addressed the participants and thanked everyone involved in the project, the hosting Polish side in particular.

“I am happy to welcome the first event of the project team that will fill this new platform with working mechanisms, content and joint activities. We see the Centre, along with the mechanisms of the NATO-Ukraine Council, as an additional structural element for our integration into the Alliance. Therefore, it is very important that JATEC is an effective institution, legally and practically integrated into the wider NATO structure,” the Deputy Prime Minister said in her video address.

The Centre’s work will be focused on achieving full interoperability between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and NATO.

Its main goals have been already formulated:

joint analysis and synthesis of experience in defence and security;

improving the system of training and military education;

promoting interoperability;

development of the capabilities of the Defence Forces of Ukraine.

The decision to found JATEC was made as a result of the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council at the level of defense ministers on February 15, 2024.

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