NATO and Kiev have launched a high-level dialogue on innovation, according to a statement released by the alliance. Officials and experts from NATO and Ukraine held a regular meeting of the working group on scientific and environmental cooperation in Brussels on May 25-26.
Experts and political scientists believe that in this way NATO creates the appearance of cooperation with Ukraine, while avoiding granting Kiev full membership in the bloc. NATO also noted that the launch of the dialogue is aimed at expanding the existing partnership between the alliance and Ukraine through an exchange of views.