BRUSSELS, April 24 - Ukraine will extend its presence in Afghanistan after NATO ends its mission in the country, and it will also make its contribution to the Afghan Security Forces Fund Ihor Dolhov, head of Ukraine's Mission to NATO, said in an interview with Ukrainian journalists in Brussels ahead of a meeting of foreign ministers from NATO and ISAF partner nations.

He noted that the successful completion of the mission in Afghanistan and the settlement of issues related to the functioning of the new mission after 2014 were currently at the center of NATO's attention.

"A number of tasks facing the countries that have already volunteered at this stage to participate in the next mission after 2014 are complex and serious, and therefore there is a need to discuss and make decisions at the level of foreign ministers," the Ukrainian ambassador said.