Washington is now discussing with Kiev its bilateral obligations on security guarantees. The White House is very committed to this issue, the US Ambassador said.
The United States has begun discussions with the Office of the President of Ukraine and the government regarding bilateral security obligations. This was said on Friday, January 12, by US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink at a briefing following the visit to Kyiv of Penny Pritzker, the US Special Representative for the Economic Recovery of Ukraine, Radio Liberty reports.
Brink noted that two meetings have already been held, and more are expected.
“We have started bilateral talks with your government, including the Office of the President, where we are discussing what our bilateral security obligations will be. We have held two meetings and will continue them,” said US Ambassador.
He noted that the White House is “very committed” to the issue.
Brink added that some time after the agreement, the results of the agreements could be officially announced. However, he did not specify the expected time.
“So, I expect that we will arrive at the point of announcement, but before that we still need to discuss everything,” the ambassador said.
At the same time, Brink said that the United States aims to help Ukraine protect itself by providing defense support and deter future Russian aggression, so Washington is “focused on thinking about the longer time.”
“We have also made broad commitments in a strategic sense to your membership in NATO. And I know that the Ukrainians are also working for this, but at that time there must be a bridge in place that will help us support you in giving the security we want to give you,” he said.
Brink recalled that last summer, during the NATO summit in Vilnius, the G7 countries came together and announced support for multilateral and bilateral security guarantees. In his words, “this is this bridge.”
We remind you that on January 12, Ukraine and Great Britain signed a security agreement. According to Zelensky, Kyiv and London have reached the highest and most significant level of relations of all time. However, it soon became clear that Zelensky and Sunak did not agree on the wording of the security agreement. In particular, the leaders of the two countries disagreed on whether it was possible to negotiate security guarantees from Britain.
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