Italy may be next country to conclude security agreement with Ukraine
According to Italian media will be the next country to sign a long-term security agreement with Ukraine, Italian outlet Formiche reported, citing sources on Feb. 17.
The final details are yet to be agreed upon and diplomatic sources did not specify any possible dates for signing the agreement.
The first meeting of Italian and Ukrainian officials regarding a bilateral agreement took place on Nov. 28.
On the morning of Feb. 16, Zelenskyy arrived in the German capital, Berlin. There, he and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz signed a security guarantee agreement between German and Ukraine.
In the evening of the same day, Zelenskyy met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and signed a similar agreement with France.
This follows a Jan. 12 meeting between Zelenskyy and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Kyiv. There, Sunak and Zelenskyy concluded a 10-year security agreement that will remain in effect until Ukraine joins NATO.
On Jan. 13, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that Ukraine is negotiating with many partners to sign agreements on security guarantees and military cooperation.
On Jan. 15, it became known that Canada had also handed over a draft security agreement to Ukraine.
In July 2023, the G7 leaders announced that they had agreed on a declaration on security guarantees for Ukraine.
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