KIEV, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The National Guard of Ukraine has agreed to launch a defense training course with the British Armed Forces, Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday.

Representatives of the British training mission and the officers of the National Guard of Ukraine attended the meeting, during which they identified the main areas for the National Guards' training, among which will be the training of the instructors and medical training for personnel.

The training course is under the Operation Orbital, which was launched in February 2015 in response to a request from the Ukrainian government to provide guidance and training to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

"The knowledge and skills that the British Armed Forces have gained while participating in armed conflicts in the Middle East will be very useful for the National Guard," said Volodymyr Grabchak, head of the International Cooperation Department of the National Guard.

In January this year, Britain extended its training course to include Ukrainian marines as well.

As of November 2018, over 1,300 British soldiers have already been deployed on Orbital and have trained more than 9,500 members of Ukraine's Armed Forces.