Ukraine and the United States engaged in a fourth round of discussions regarding the drafting of a final security agreement.
“There has been tangible progress in agreeing on the text of the document. We need to speed up the process to finalize the bilateral security agreement this month,” said Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, in a statement.
Both parties deliberated on “the most fundamental provisions of the agreement, the wording of a number of issues, and the date for the next round of negotiations,” according to the statement.
Ukraine and nine other nations have already executed bilateral security treaties, including the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Finland, France, and Italy.
The agreements were reached at the same time that the G7 announced it would begin negotiations with Kyiv for “bilateral security commitments and arrangements” to formalize its “enduring support” for Ukraine during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, in July of last year.
Source: AA
