Name the difference between Article 5 of NATO and the Kyiv Security Treaty

Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen explained the difference between the two documents.

The main difference between Article 5 of the NATO Charter and the developments presented under the Kyiv Security Treaty is the number of security guarantees. This is what ex-NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a joint briefing with the head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak in Kyiv on Tuesday, September 13.

He explained how exactly the new security agreement for Ukraine would differ from Article 5 of the NATO Charter.

“In NATO, you have a number of allies – 30, now there will be 32. Here we have a smaller group of guarantees. This is the main difference between the way of reading Article 5 of the NATO agreement and the security guarantees developed for this document ( Kyiv Security Treaty. – Note ed.) But the goal is the same – to guarantee the security of Ukraine,” he explained.

According to Fogh Rasmussen, since Ukraine is not yet a member of the Alliance, its security must be ensured.

The former Secretary General of NATO mentioned that now the working group will promote this document so that it can be signed by the guarantor countries.

Article 5 of NATO refers to the principle of collective defense. Collective defense means that an attack on one of NATO’s members will be considered an attack on the entire Alliance. We are talking about an armed attack on Armed Forces, ships or aircraft.

Recall, the head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak and former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen were presented with Kyiv’s recommendations on security guarantees for Ukraine, developed on behalf of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky

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