President’s Office presented initial recommendations on security guarantees for Ukraine

Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak and former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday presented recommendations on the "Kyiv Security Treaty" for the strategic partnership of Ukraine and the guarantor countries

Rubryka informs about this, referring to the OPU website.

"The adoption of these recommendations will send a powerful signal to vladimir putin. It will demonstrate that our commitment to Ukraine will not waver and that his war is futile.

It would also signal to the Ukrainian people that we loyally support the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine for as long as it takes.

Getting it right means laying a new cornerstone of European security. If this is not done, it will mean an aggravation of the crisis on European land," Rasmussen emphasized.

The proposed recommendations include:

• Ukraine needs resources to maintain powerful armed forces capable of resisting the militarized formations of the russian federation.
• Long-term stable investments in Ukraine's defense and industrial base, the transfer of weapons and intelligence support from allies, intensive training missions, and joint exercises under the auspices of the EU and NATO.
• The security guarantees should outline a number of commitments undertaken by the group of guarantors together with Ukraine. Guarantees must be politically and legally binding.
• The treaty will unite the leading group of allied countries and Ukraine. This group of guarantor states may consist of the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Poland, Italy, Germany, France, Australia, and Turkey, as well as the countries of Northern Europe and the Baltic, Central, and Eastern Europe.
• The package of guarantees contains preventive measures and measures that must be taken immediately in case of a new encroachment on Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
• The agreement provides for a full-fledged sanctions package against the aggressor country. It may also contain additional components, particularly agreements on the provision of modern air defense/anti-missile defense systems, regional agreements on security in the Black Sea, etc.
• Security guarantees do not replace Ukraine's desire to join NATO.

The full text of the recommendations can be found on the website of the President of Ukraine.

We will remind that earlier, the advisory group announced that it would present the first document with recommendations on August 29-30.

In May, it became known that the head of the OP, Andriy Yermak, and former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen headed an international advisory group that would develop proposals on security guarantees for Ukraine.