“Today, on August 22, the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arrived in Kiev. He noted that there is currently working on defining security guarantees for Ukraine. Rutte said this during a joint press conference with President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. He noted that the Allies are now working on reliable security guarantees for Ukraine. “These reliable security guarantees will play an important role. Ago”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
Today, on August 22, the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arrived in Kiev. He noted that there is currently working on defining security guarantees for Ukraine.
Rutte said this during a joint press conference with President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.
He noted that the Allies are now working on reliable security guarantees for Ukraine.
“These reliable security guarantees will play an important role. That is why we are now working on their definition. Therefore, as soon as it comes to you, dear Vladimir, to start these bilateral negotiations, you will know that with you the power of friends of Ukraine, which will ensure Russia’s compliance with a concluded agreement, whatever it may be, and that Russia will never encroach again on no square kilometer of Ukrainian land, ”said NATO.
At the same time, Zelensky noted that he was talking to Rutte, including security issues to end the war.
“The first is security guarantees. We have achieved with all our partners of important understanding with the United States of America. The United States is ready to be part of security guarantees for Ukraine. And for the first time we have achieved such readiness, ”he said.
According to the President, there are virtually a daily negotiations on a specific filling of security guarantees for Ukraine at the level of security advisers, our military and diplomats of all teams.
“The general goal is how it is formulated. And this is in dialogue, and it’s with partners. And these should be the article 5 like guarantees. That is, as a 5th Article of the NATO Treaty. And this is real -effective security guarantees”, Zelensky said.
He added that this is the result that we should come out to “have a clear architecture, which countries help us on earth that work for the safety of our sky, which guarantee safety at sea, help Ukraine”. In addition, it is a matter of financing our army.
“The second is a weapon for the warriors of Ukraine. Purl… A program that allows you to buy US weapons at the expense of partners is already running. This program is already $ 1.5 billion in our European partners. New participants join soon”, – he said Head of State.
Zelensky also noted that it is important for every month to add finance and efficiency program. On average, it’s a billion dollars a month.
In addition, it is critical to make enough funding for our domestic production programs of Ukrainian drones.
“We need to close the shortage of the shortage … It’s a little more than $ 6 billion. But we are very relying on this support from partners”, He said.
Answering questions about security guarantees and why it is impossible to deploy troops directly on Earth, Rutte noted that “these discussions are currently underway at different levels”.
“Safety advisers work together, safety advisers work together, ministries and our teams work together. And now we think about it … It is too early to talk about what the results will be. We do not want the repetition of the Budapest Memorandum or Minsk Agreements”, He said, saying that the guarantees should be effective.
Rutte also noted that in addition to strengthening the Armed Forces, NATO also provides its guarantees.
Asked if the Article 5 Like will be” Guarantees are effective without sending a contingent, Zelensky noted that he does not know how many countries will be able to provide us with security guarantees.
“So far it is too early to say who can give their military, who intelligence, who is present in the sea, who is in the sky and who is ready to finance”, He said.
According to Zelensky, Turkey stated that they want to “be part of security guarantees for Ukraine in part of the sea”.
“We are professional, we know how to help in the Black Sea, we will look at it. Our presence there will be complete”. Therefore, it is too early to talk about all countries. Infrastructure will be written, discharged, and then we will understand who, how and how can you help”, He explained.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky reported that Turkey has been willing to be part of security guarantees for Ukraine.
Despite the desire of the Russian Federation, China may not provide Ukraine with security guarantees because of limited resources and unwillingness to create a precedent.
The Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that Ukrainian military together with Western partners are developing a military component of post -war security guarantees.
