The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) has upheld President Petro Poroshenko's initiative not to extend the Treaty on Friendship, Partnership and Cooperation with the Russian Federation by another 10 years.
"The NSDC supported the proposal of the Ukrainian president regarding the non-renewal of the Treaty of Friendship, Partnership and Cooperation with the Russian Federation for the next 10 years," the NSDC press service said following the meeting.