Ukraine begins security agreement talks with NATO's newest member

Representatives of Ukraine and Sweden, which became NATO's 32nd full member in April this year, began negotiations on a bilateral security agreement on 21 May. 

Source: Office of the President of Ukraine website, as reported by European Pravda

On the Ukrainian side, the round of talks was chaired by Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

The parties discussed the terms of the draft agreement and agreed on further steps to finalise and sign the document as soon as possible.

Kyiv and Stockholm announced their intention to start negotiations on a security agreement last year, and in March they expressed their readiness to start them "as soon as possible".

Previously: 

• To date, Ukraine has signed bilateral security agreements with nine countries, the latest being Latvia. An agreement with Norway is also expected to be signed.
• In early May, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that security agreements with seven countries, including the United States, were in preparation.

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