EU envoys reportedly agree on draft security agreement with Ukraine, to be finalised by July

EU ambassadors have already agreed on a draft bilateral security agreement between Ukraine and the EU as a follow-up to the G7 declaration on security guarantees, and it is expected to be completed by the end of June.

Source: Die Welt; European Pravda

Details: The Welt am Sonntag stated that it had a draft negotiated by Kyiv and the European External Action Service. Ambassadors of the 27 member states have supposedly already agreed on the 11-page document. 

The article notes that the EU wants to finalise the agreement by early July at the latest. 

The draft contains provisions stating that the EU undertakes to hold consultations on Ukraine's needs within 24 hours of new aggression against it.

The EU also promises to provide further military aid, help with military training, mine clearance, defence sector reforms, cooperation in countering hybrid threats and cyberattacks, and assistance with reconstruction. 

There is supposedly a separate provision that excludes direct participation in combat actions by "EU countries’ military."

Background:

• To date, Ukraine has signed bilateral security agreements with nine countries, the latest being Latvia. Negotiations have already been completed for an agreement with Norway, which is also expected to be signed.
• The President's Office recently announced that it hopes to finalise the text of the agreement with the US by the end of May and that it has agreed to start negotiations with neutral Ireland.
• On Friday, it was announced that negotiations with Belgium had begun. 

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