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President Volodymyr Zelenskyi held a meeting with the co-chairs of the International Working Group on Security Guarantees for Ukraine - Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak and former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. They presented to the Head of State the recommendations developed by the group regarding future security guarantees for Ukraine which should become the basis of a document called the Kyiv Security Compact.Volodymyr Zelenskyi thanked the Yermak-Rasmussen International Working Group for developing this package of recommendations.I studied this document in detail. I believe that he is prepared at a high level. This is the first but very important step. These recommendations should become the basis of the future security agreement he said.The head of state expressed his wish for the expert group to continue its work and bring this project to completion.According to the President it is extremely important that the leaders of the most powerful states sign the future agreement. It is worth focusing on those countries that demonstrated strong support for Ukraine after the start of a full-scale war with Russia.Andriy Yermak noted that the basis of the presented proposals is the idea of creating a coalition of security guarantors of Ukraine which should be based on a system of agreements united within the framework of a joint document on strategic partnership.We expect that the Kyiv Security Treaty will unite the main group of allied countries and Ukraine. This group of guarantor states may consist of the USA Great Britain Canada Poland Italy Germany France Australia Turkey as well as the countries of Northern Europe and the Baltic Central and Eastern Europe he said.The head of the Office of the Head of the State noted that in addition to the main single agreement for all bilateral agreements can be concluded between Ukraine and individual guarantor states which should regulate detailed aspects of relations between the countries in matters of security support.For his part Anders Fogh Rasmussen thanked Andriy Yermak and all the experts working in the group for their productive work.He congratulated the Ukrainian state its people and the Armed Forces on the successes currently being observed at the front.We see that one of the best guarantees is to ensure that Ukraine has a significant military force capable of resisting any attack said Anders Fogh Rasmussen.The former Secretary General of NATO emphasized that the Kyiv Security Treaty will differ significantly from the Budapest Memorandum of 1994.It is not about the obligation to refrain from any actions but on the contrary - to provide everything that Ukraine needs to ensure its protection Anders Fogh Rasmussen explained.Volodymyr Zelenskyi noted the importance of Ukrainian society the world and international organizations knowing the difference between the future security document and the Budapest Memorandum.
