KIEV, April 18 – Ukraine and NATO have agreed to continue cooperation in scrapping ammunition under the NATO Partnership for Peace Trust Fund project.

A relevant framework agreement was signed between the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) in Kiev on Tuesday.

According to the agreement, 76,000 tons of ammunition, 366,000 units of light weapons and small arms and three million antipersonnel mines are to be destroyed during the second stage of the implementation of the Partnership for Peace program. The project's estimated cost is EUR 25 million. Its implementation will take some three to four years.