Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Wednesday that his country will sign two new agreements in the near future with NATO to boost cooperation.

"The government will sign cooperation agreements with NATO in the field of support," Yatsenyuk told a Cabinet meeting.

Yatsenyuk said that one deal envisages implementation of four joint projects between Ukraine and the military alliance in military-technical sphere, communications and information technologies.

Besides, a separate agreement would be signed to enhance cooperation between the two sides in the framework of NATO's Partnership for Peace Program, Yatsenyuk said.

He disclosed that the deal would be inked between the Ukrainian government and NATO Communications and Information Agency and would cover cooperation in issues relating to security management, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

Although Ukraine is not a member of NATO, it closely cooperates with the alliance and has actively participated in NATO's Partnership for Peace program since 1991.

Amid a crisis in eastern Ukraine, where government troops fight independence-seeking insurgents, Kiev has canceled its non-aligned status and announced intention to approach the alliance.

The move has drawn strong criticism from Russia, which called Kiev's NATO bid a "provocation."