KYIV, June 14 – Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Serhiy Kryvonos said the appointment of former economic development and trade minister Aivaras Abromavicius a member of the supervisory board of the Ukroboronprom state concern would help accelerate the pace of the anti-corruption reform in the defense sector and reduce corruption risks in the defense industry management system.
Assessing this staff decision of the head of state in the context of the decision of the March meeting of the National Security and Defense Council on defense reform, Kryvonos told Interfax-Ukraine that the NSDC's decision enacted by the presidential decree instructs the Cabinet of Ministers to organize an audit of Ukroboronprom with the involvement of foreign experts, and also take measures to eliminate corruption risks and increase the level of transparency and strengthen control over the work of the state-owned concern and defense industry.
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