As noted in the document, 2019 and 2020 will be decisive "in advancing the agenda of Ukraine’s defense and security reform."

“Despite the significant progress that has been made since 2014, there is a serious risk that Ukraine may not achieve the strategic goal set in 2016 in order to fully meet NATO standards and criteria for interoperability by the end of 2020,” the statement said. .

It is also indicated that Ukraine is so far "far from meeting the criteria for membership in NATO and the European Union," but it needs to be given a "clear signal that membership is achievable as soon as all the criteria are met."

Earlier it became known that the leadership of NATO plans to make a trip to Ukraine in late October.

At the end of June, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky said that in 2020, Ukraine should begin implementing NATO standards in the activities of the country's armed forces.

As Petro Poroshenko, who was then president of Ukraine, noted in January, the country's Armed Forces in 2020 will be able to act according to NATO standards.