Brussels, 12 October 2022 (MIA) – North Macedonia has demonstrated its firm commitment to help and support Ukraine together with its NATO allies, said Defense Minister Slavjanka Petrovska who took part at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels on Wednesday. Minister Petrovska said the support focused on the defense of the territorial sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, which has faced a brutal and unprovoked attack, the Defense Ministry said in a press release. “Our goal was and will never be to prolong this war but to give an independent and sovereign Ukraine a chance to defend from the aggression,” Petrovska told the meeting. The meeting held at the NATO HQ is attended by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and majority of Alliance defense ministers.