Zelenskyy formed a delegation to negotiate security guarantees with Russia
Kateryna Tyshchenko - Monday, April 4, 2022, 21:50
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy formed a delegation to participate in talks with Russia on the preparation and approval of a draft Treaty on Security Guarantees of Ukraine.
Source: Presidential Decree of April 4
Details: Member of Ukrainian Parliament, Davyd Arahamia was appointed head of the delegation under this Decree.
Members of the delegation: Minister of Justice - Denys Malyuska, Senior Ukrainian Presidential Advisor - Mykhailo Podolyak , Minister of Defence - Oleksiy Reznikov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs - Mykola Tochytsky.
Members of Ukrainian Parliament, Andriy Kostin, Dmytro Lubinets’ and Rustem Umerov were also appointed members of the delegation upon their agreement.
Experts of the delegation: international lawyer Oleksandr Malynovsky and Ambassador of Ukraine Oleksandr Chalyy.
Head of the delegation has the capacity, upon approval by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to make changes in the composition of the delegation, as well as to engage employees of government agencies, enterprises, institutions, organisations to the work of delegation upon the approval by their superiors, scientific advisers and experts.
The Decree also adopts the directives of the Ukrainian delegation on participation in negotiations with Russia regarding the preparation and approval of draft Treaty on Security Guarantees of Ukraine. However, the content of these directives is not disclosed.
The Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to finance the expenses related to the participation of the Ukrainian delegation in the negotiations on security guarantees.
Background:
On March 29, another round of talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations on the terms of restoring peace took place in Istanbul, where Ukraine voiced its own proposals.
Ukraine expects several states shall become security guarantors instead of NATO, and in case of aggression these states shall provide weapons, assistance to the armed forces, and a no-fly zone. Such security guarantees will not extend to the occupied territories of Crimea and ORDLO (temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions). Ukrainian delegation also suggested that the status of Crimea and Sevastopol shall be negotiated and defined in bilateral talks over the next 15 years, and the issue of Donbass shall be discussed in direct talks between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia.