The Ukrainian Presidency announced this Wednesday (06/19/2024) the finalization of the text and the signing in the near future of the security guarantee agreement that it was negotiating with the European Union (EU), which will be added to the pacts that kyiv has already signed with 17 countries.
In a statement, the Presidency of Ukraine indicated that the Deputy Chief of Staff, Igor Zhovkva, and the Deputy Secretary General for Peace, Security and Defense of the European External Action Service, Charles Fries, held the latest round of negotiations today.
“The Ukrainian and EU negotiating teams finalized the text on the security agreement and agreed to sign it in the near future,” kyiv said.
The security agreement was finalized in line with the joint declaration in support of Ukraine, which the EU, together with the G7 countries, adopted in Vilnius in July 2023.
On June 13, the United States became the seventeenth country with which Ukraine signed a bilateral security agreement. It has already signed similar agreements with the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Denmark, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Finland, Latvia, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Iceland, Norway and Japan.
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