Zelenskyy expects good news for Ukraine from NATO summit
Pravda Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken about the latest preparations ahead of the NATO summit to be held in Washington next week and announced good news for Ukraine, in particular, on air defence.
Source: Zelenskyy’s evening address, European Pravda
Quote: “The summit must be strong – strong for Ukraine and all our partners. A meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council will also take place. We are working on the details regarding new decisions, new documents to be signed with our partners. There should be positive outcomes, including air defence.”
Details: The president said he had held a long meeting on Thursday about the NATO summit, which will take place from 9 to 12 July in Washington.
Zelenskyy also said that a new security agreement for Ukraine has been prepared.
“A strong agreement that will truly provide support. We will continue to consistently strengthen our entire architecture of security agreements. This is what will guarantee our security until Ukraine joins NATO – a decision that is irreversible,” the president said.
Background:
- Recently, the media reported that at the 75th anniversary NATO summit in Washington, they will announce the creation of a new structure for coordinating all types of assistance to Ukraine in the long term, which will be called the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU).
- According to sources, the Allies are discussing the creation of a special representative in Kyiv to monitor the international coordination of arms supplies and exercises for the Ukrainian Armed Forces under the auspices of NATO.
- Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, said she hoped that the Washington NATO summit decision would be worded to include a statement on the irreversibility of Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic course.
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