Alliance to convene NATO-Ukraine Council meeting on April 19 - Stoltenberg

A meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council will be held on Friday, April 19, with the participation of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy

This was announced by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference after a meeting in Brussels with the Prime Ministers of the Netherlands, Denmark and the Czech Republic. 

He said that the meeting would focus on the provision of missiles and air defence systems to Ukraine. 

"We will convene a meeting on Friday, which will be attended by President Zelenskyy and the defence ministers of NATO member states," Stoltenberg said. 

• On Tuesday, April 16, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would request a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council to discuss "defence of the skies, supply of air defence systems and missiles".