KIEV, April 6 – The National Security and Defense Council should become an effective organ for coordinating the government's work in the field of defense and security, said President Viktor Yanukovych.

"The NSDC should in a short period of time turn into an effective organ coordinating the government's work in the sphere of security and defense. The imitation of work or ignoring it is unacceptable. All council members should actively and regularly participate in its activities," the presidential press service quoted him as saying at a meeting with the new council of the NSDC on Tuesday.