During the negotiations, the parties exchanged views on approaches to the upcoming bilateral security guarantees.
Negotiations have begun between Ukraine and Germany on a bilateral agreement on security guarantees, as provided for in the Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine, which was concluded on July 12 in Vilnius. The press service of the President’s Office reported this on Friday, November 17.
The Ukrainian negotiating group is headed by the Deputy Chairman of the OP Igor Zhovkva. He emphasized the role of Germany as one of the leaders of financial, military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
During the first negotiations, Kyiv and Berlin exchanged views on approaches to the upcoming security guarantees, their format and content, and also agreed on a plan for further action, the report said.
“Without Germany, it is impossible to imagine the effectiveness of security guarantees, as well as the future membership of Ukraine in the Euro-Atlantic community. That is why the start of bilateral security negotiations with Germany is very important,” said Zhovkva.
Germany joins five other G7 states with which Ukraine has already started relevant bilateral negotiations.
Let’s recall that in July, at the NATO summit in Vilnius, the G7 countries adopted a declaration providing long-term support for Ukraine in the field of security and economy. Any country that, at the bilateral level, officially agrees to provide certain guarantees to Ukraine can join this G7 declaration.
At the end of October, it became known that the Netherlands became the sixth state after the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Japan, France and the first non-G7 country with which Ukraine started bilateral negotiations on security guarantees.
Source: korrespondent
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