1. Answer these questions, beginning your answer with following phrases:

as a rule …; to tell the truth …; as far as I know …; the matter is that …; as far as I remember …; as far as I am concerned …; frankly/strictly speaking …; to make a long story short … .

1. What was the formal basis for NATO-Ukraine relations?

2. When was an Intensified Dialogue on Ukraine’s membership aspirations launched?

3. What issues are the relations between NATO and Ukraine focused on?

4. At which Summit did Allied leaders agree that in future Ukraine “will become a NATO member”?

5. Who can ultimately determine Ukraine’s future path with NATO?

6. When did Ukraine join the North Atlantic Cooperation Council?

7. What is the NATO-Ukraine Action Plan adopted in November 2002?

8. Why did NATO leaders express support to newly elected President Victor Yushchenko at a summit meeting in February 2005?

9. What does a “Declaration to Complement the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between NATO and Ukraine” give the NATO-Ukraine Commission?

10. What body represents the joint efforts of NATO and Ukraine in establishing friendly relations?

11. When was the NATO Liaison Office established?

12. What role does the NATO Liaison Office play in NATO’s Partnership for Peace programme?

13. What are the challenges facing Ukraine in the field of defence reform?

14. What can you give examples of NATO-Ukraine cooperation in nonmilitary problem-solving?

15. What are the areas of common interest and concern for NATO and Ukraine?

16. What does the cooperation between NATO and Russia in the main spheres consist in?

2. Comment on the following statements:

1. In December 2008, NATO foreign ministers welcomed progress made by Ukraine towards meeting membership requirements.

2. The 1997 Charter on a Distinctive Partnership recognized the importance of an independent, stable and democratic Ukraine to European stability.

3. Joint working groups have been set up under the auspices of the NUC, to take work forward in specific areas.

4. Consultations and cooperation between NATO and Ukraine cover a wide range of areas identified in the 1997 Charter and the 2002 Action Plan.

5. Cooperation with Ukraine in the area of defence and security sector reform is more extensive than with any other of NATO’s Partner countries.

6. The military side has also taken the lead in developing a legal framework to enable NATO and Ukraine to further develop operational cooperation.

7. NATO and Ukraine have developed practical cooperation on civil emergency planning

8. Ukraine’s participation in NATO science programmes began in 1991.

3. Sentence match: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

Ukraine became the first of the Commonwealth of	aspirations and related reforms was launched in 2005.
Ukraine has proved to be an important	prone to heavy flooding.
The NATO Liaison Office facilitates Ukraine’s	that Ukraine will become a NATO member in future.
Two NATO offices in Kyiv support	for consultation between the Allies and Ukraine on security issues.
Ukraine has been second only to Russia in	contributor to Euro-Atlantic security in the framework of NATO-led operations.
At the Bucharest Summit in April 2008, Allied leaders agreed	Independent States to join the Partnership for Peace.
An Intensified Dialogue on Ukraine's membership	participation in NATO’s Partnership for Peace programme.
Ukraine’s western regions are	framework for advancing Ukraine’s reform efforts.
The NATO-Ukraine Commission provides a forum	cooperation on the ground in key areas.
A new Annual National Programme provides the	terms of NATO grants for scientific collaboration.