British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky “had different views on the characterization” of what exactly was spelled out in the security agreement signed between the two countries. Ukrayinska Pravda writes about this.
As noted in the publication’s article, at the press conference held in Kiev after the signing of the agreement, the Ukrainian leader used only the phrase “guarantees” or “security guarantees”. At the same time, the head of the British government, informing about the signed agreement, “chose a different term and emphasized several times that we are talking about” security guarantees.
Sunak “unexpectedly” changed the wording once during his speech to say that this document “raises the UK’s security guarantees for Ukraine to unprecedented levels”. In response to a clarifying question, he said that we are talking about “assurances” within the framework of the promise made by the Group of Seven (G7) countries to Ukraine at the NATO summit.
On 12 January, Sunak visited Kiev on an official visit; then the head of the British government and Zelensky signed Bilateral cooperation agreement in the field of security The document formalized measures to support Ukraine from the UK, including the sharing of intelligence data and interaction in the field of defense industry.
Previously USA and Ukraine started Negotiations on security guarantees for Kiev.