Poroshenko signs ratification agreement on establishing NATO's Office in Ukraine

This document was signed during NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's visit to Ukraine on September 22, 2015. "This agreement provides for the establishment of the NATO representative office in Ukraine, which will consist of the NATO Liaison Office and the NATO Information and Documentation Center. The new diplomatic institution and its staff will receive the privileges, immunities and assistance provided to diplomatic missions under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations dated 1961," the statement reads. In line with the agreement, the diplomatic missions will be exempted from taxes, duties and other taxes, quantitative restrictions on the activities of the projects financed by NATO in Ukraine (in particular, this will involve the import and export of goods, contracts for the purchase of goods and services for the projects under the trust funds, scientific, educational and other programs). "NATO's office will enhance and expand Ukraine's participation in all forms of cooperation agreed between Ukraine and NATO, including the provision of advisory services," the press service said.