Ukraine President’s Office Seeks Security Guarantees Without “Assurance” – Negotiations with Western Countries Underway

The office of the President of Ukraine claims that the security guarantees that Ukraine hopes to receive from Western countries will not include the word “assurance.”

Source: “European truth”deputy head of the OPU Igor Zhovkva in an interview “Interfax-Ukraine“

Direct speech: “We call this “guarantees”. And we will make sure that our partners also accept this word. We remember the Budapest Memorandum, where they also first talked about guarantees, and then… The word “assurance” will definitely not be in any from our documents.”

Details: The deputy head of the OPU noted that good dynamics are observed in negotiations with Great Britain, with which, according to him, a “very substantive” conversation took place.

“Again, I can’t reveal the contents to you, but the UK is on a good track, just as, in principle, we have opened negotiations with all the G7 countries,” Zhovkva said.

A representative of the president’s office emphasized that Kyiv wants this to be a legally binding document and to undergo the appropriate approval procedures in each country.

“The process is underway, we need guarantees as quickly as possible, but there must be a balance between the speed of signing and the content of the document itself… We definitely do not need another or seven more Budapest Memorandums. Unfortunately, this document did not work even during Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014, nor during the full-scale aggression of Russia in 2022,” Zhovkva concluded.

Let us remind you:

• Last week on Thursday Ukraine and Germany held the fourth round consultations on concluding a bilateral agreement on providing security guarantees to Kyiv.
• Previously Ukraine held the second round of consultations on concluding a bilateral agreement on providing security guarantees to Kyiv with the UK.
• Before this, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba saidwhich receives signals from the EU that there are no problems in negotiations on a bilateral agreement on “security guarantees” between the EU and Ukraine in continuation of the G7 declaration.
• As you know, the G7 countries at the NATO summit in Vilnius agreed framework document about “security guarantees” for Ukraine. Specific bilateral agreements with states that agree to provide security obligations will be signed later.

2023-12-25 12:39:09
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