Ukraine and Luxembourg start negotiations on security guarantees

Ukraine and Luxembourg have started bilateral negotiations on concluding an agreement on security cooperation and long-term support.

This is stated in the message of the Office of the President.

As reported, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden agreed on the start of work on the document during a telephone conversation the day before.

It is noted that the Ukrainian negotiating delegation is headed by the head of the Office of the President Andrii Yermak. However, today's [May 14] round of negotiations was conducted by the deputy head of the Office of the President, Ihor Zhovkva.

"We are grateful to Luxembourg for its constant support and demonstration of leadership, in particular in such matters as co-chairing the IT coalition, military aid, support for Ukraine's membership in the EU and NATO. I am sure that all this will be reflected in our security agreement," Ihor Zhovkva emphasized.

During the negotiations, the parties thoroughly worked out the text of the draft agreement, discussed the content of individual provisions and agreed on further steps. Based on the results of the first round, the parties noted significant progress on the way to signing the document.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, EU ambassadors agreed on a draft bilateral security agreement between Ukraine and the European Union as a continuation of the G7 declaration on "security guarantees", it is planned to be finalized by the beginning of July at the latest.

Also on May 1, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine is preparing 7 more agreements on security guarantees. In particular, one of them concerns the security agreement with the United States of America.

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