Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Joe Biden may soon meet to sign a security agreement between the countries, Hromadske reports.
United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the possible meeting on May 15 at a briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. It was a joint press conference of the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmytro Kuleba and the United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
“As for the meeting between the two presidents, I fully expect that they will have the opportunity to do so in the coming weeks. As Dmytro [Kuleba] said, among other things, we want to sign a bilateral security agreement, which is already on the verge of approval,” – Anthony Blinken said.
Dmytro Kuleba also added that the Ukrainian side never discloses the dates of visits or contacts to or from Ukraine.
“But a trusting dialogue has been established between President Zelenskyy and President Biden. And I am convinced that they will have the opportunity to discuss all issues objectively and sign this agreement,” – said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
What is this security agreement?
In 2023, at the July NATO summit in Vilnius, the G7 leaders agreed on a Joint Declaration on Support for Ukraine. The countries noted that each of them will work with Ukraine on specific bilateral long-term commitments and agreements in the field of security. Ukraine, in its turn, undertook reforms.
More than 20 countries joined the initiative. Great Britain became the first country to sign a final agreement. After bilateral agreements with Ukraine were also signed by Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Finland, Latvia, etc.
In April 2024, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine and the United States were working on a bilateral security agreement, which should become the “strongest” of all that Ukraine has signed with other partners.
