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On May 14th Sumy State University held the discussion regarding the national capability with the participation of Ambassadors of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia in Ukraine. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Estonia in Ukraine Gert Antsu, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Lithuania in Ukraine Marius Janukonis, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Latvia in Ukraine Juris Poikāns communicated with students, teachers, city public figures. The discussion participants shared thoughts regarding the factors influencing the capability of nation’s restoration, adaptation, functioning and positive development during negative and crisis situations, and learned the experience of Baltic countries in forming of citizens’ trust to state institutions, country’s foreign policy course, development of media literacy as a part of information security etc. The event was participated by more than 100 attendees.
Such communication format took place on the initiative of the Head of Regional Security Research Center of Sumy State University Mykola Nazarov and Executive Director of the International Center of Defence and Security Dmytro Teperyk, in whose opinion the national capability is developing right in regions, and civil society is its source. Dmytri Teperyk presented for the discussion participants the program “Stable Ukraine” that operates with support of the Ministry of International Affairs of Estonia and aimed at the development of cooperation between Estonia and Ukraine in security sector.
The video off the panel discussion “Strengthening of the national capability: Baltic experience and Ukrainian facts” can be viewed at the link.
