Baku – APA. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree appointing People's Front parliamentary faction leader Oleksandr Turchynov to the post of secretary of the country's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), APA reports citing Interfax.
After Andriy Parubiy’s dismissal, the post of secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine was vacant. The Verkhovna Rada is expected to pass a new law which provides for the expansion of the NSDC’s powers.