The signing of agreements on bilateral guarantees of the G7 countries to Ukraine will not be completed before 2024; To date, only the USA and the UK have started negotiations. The newspaper reports Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing their own sources.
The newspaper also states that France plans to hold the first round of negotiations on bilateral guarantees with Kiev in the next few weeks. The newspaper states that Germany is only evaluating the question of what kind of aid it can provide to Ukraine. Information on the negotiation plans of other G7 countries on bilateral guarantees was not provided.
Among the problems in this regard, the WSJ states that the lack of coordination of bilateral agreements between the allies may affect the effectiveness of military aid provided to Kiev.
The newspaper claims, for example, that Paris has proposed to plan the arms supply to Kiev over the next four years, but whether other Western countries support the idea is not reported.
Prior to this, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said: counter About security guarantees from the USA “according to the Israeli model”.
Before that Zelensky named Number of countries participating in the G7 declaration on security assurances.