The confrontation between the Russian Federation and the strengthening of NATO will be the main topics of discussion tomorrow, July 11, at the NATO summit. This was said by the US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during a discussion organized by the Open Ukraine Foundation, the correspondent of LIGA. net.

According to Jovanovic, the topic for discussion, first of all, will be the efforts of the Russian Federation to split the democratic countries.

"Tomorrow we will hear a lot about this and about how NATO is going to confront it," she said..

In addition, an important point of the summit will be ways to strengthen NATO to confront modern challenges.

"It is very important that all members of the Alliance take seriously the need to increase defense spending," the ambassador said, recalling that last year defense spending grew by $ 7 billion and this money is invested in new forces and NATO measures.

Head of the NATO mission in Ukraine Alexander Vinnikov called the priorities for discussion at the summit and the further work of the alliance: strengthening and modernizing NATO, countering terrorism, strengthening cooperation between the alliance and the EU.