“The business trip of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, covers Turkey, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
moderated photo from the politician’s Facebook Source: response of the NSDC to the request of “Ukrainian Pravda”
Details: The National Security and Defense Council reported that as of November 18, Umerov is on a scheduled foreign business trip, which continues from November 11 to 19 inclusive. The route of the trip is Turkey, Qatar, the UAE and the USA.
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According to the NSDC, a number of meetings and working consultations have already taken place within the scope of the mission with Turkish officials – Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Head of National Intelligence Ibrahim Kalin, Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Akif Chagatai Kilich, Minister of Defense Yashar Guler, as well as with the Prime Minister of the State of Qatar Muhammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and “higher officials” of the United Arab Emirates.
The NSDC did not specify the details of Umerov’s trip to the United States of America.
At the same time, the National Security and Defense Council noted that since the appointment, the Secretary of the National Security Council has made 12 foreign business trips with a total duration of 58 days. Umerov visited more than ten countries, including Turkey, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, USA, Great Britain, Denmark, France, Sweden, Belgium, Norway and others.
Verbatim NSDO: “The goal of the negotiations is to strengthen security and defense cooperation, coordinate international partnerships and work on humanitarian issues, primarily regarding the return of Ukrainian citizens detained by Russia.
The main purpose of all foreign trips is to strengthen international support for Ukraine, develop defense programs, coordinate security initiatives and advance humanitarian security issues.”
What preceded: Diana Davityan, press secretary of the NSDC Secretary, in a comment to “Ukrainian Pravda” reported that Rustem Umerov will return to Ukraine from a foreign business trip on November 20.
Earlier, UP sources reported that Umerov flew to Florida (USA) on November 16. Some interlocutors believed that Umyerov came to the family that lives in this state. Others claimed that he should meet with representatives of the Administration of US President Donald Trump. However, the question remained open whether the former Minister of Defense and current Secretary of the National Security Council plans to return to Ukraine and when exactly.
Prehistory:
- On November 11, against the background of evidence that within the framework of the criminal proceedings regarding corruption in NAEC “Energoatom” the influence of one of the suspects – businessman, co-owner of “Kvartal-95” studio Timur Mindich, on the defense sphere of the state is being investigated, ex-Minister of Defense, and now the Secretary of the NSDC, Rustem Umyerov went on an urgent business trip to Turkey.
- The Secretary of the National Security Council announced that he arrived in Turkey to “unlock exchange issues” for the return of Ukrainians from captivity in the Russian Federation.
- At the same time, the UP source reported that the Coordination Headquarters, which deals with exchange processes, learned about Umerov’s trip from the media.
- On November 15, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council announced the “decision of the parties to activate the Istanbul Agreements”, which included the release of 1,200 Ukrainians from Russian captivity. What are these parties and whether they are new arrangements or activation of previous ones – was not specified.
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