OREANDA-NEWS. President Petro Poroshenko congratulated the participants of the Ukraine-USA command-and-control training with the involvement of the Sea Breeze troops on the 20th anniversary that will be marked in 2017. The Head of State emphasizes that the given training enhances mutual compatibility and coherence of multinational units year-by-year in conditions as close to combat as possible.

«Each year it is an improvement of functioning of the multinational tactical group in the planning of actions under the NATO standards. This year, Ukraine’s participation in the planning has been substantially increased. This joint training is our response to ideologists, organizers and sponsors of hybrid wars,» Petro Poroshenko said.

The President stressed that the joint training demonstrated unity and willingness to protect peace and values of the Transatlantic community – democracy, freedom, the rule of law, human rights, territorial integrity and inviolability of borders.