Nothing is known yet about Kuleba's participation in these talks.
Negotiations with the countries that Ukraine wants to see as signatories of security guarantees are being held by the head of the president's office, Andrei Ermak. His adviser Mikhail Podoliak told Ukraine Media Center about this.
“We believe that the package of documents is ready, the key document is the Treaty on Security Guarantees, which addresses issues of war and peace, and where there are already declared countries, with which Andrei Ermak is consulting. Therefore, we can probably understand that There will be a meeting of the presidents in the near future. It is impossible to say exactly when, because this is a logistical issue, “Podoliak stressed.
It should be reminded that at the end of last year President Vladimir Zelensky signed a decree stating that only three people can represent Ukraine's interests in international negotiations: the president himself, the prime minister and foreign minister Dmitry Kuleba. This is also stated in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. But nothing is known about Kuleba's participation in these talks from the OP or their Foreign Ministry.
In addition, it is interesting whether the head of the office of President Ermak has official directives from Vladimir Zelensky to conduct such negotiations and consultations. ZN.UA repeatedly appealed to the OPU to find out, but did not receive a response.
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It will be recalled that the head of the legal group at the talks between Ukraine and Russia, Alexander Chaly, said that security guarantees should be analogous to Article 5 of NATO. This means that an attack on our state will be considered an attack on all signatories. Chaly noted that if they agree, our side agrees to permanent neutrality, non-alignment and non-nuclear. But nothing should contradict Ukraine's right to join the EU.
The head of the Ukrainian delegations David Arahamiya told who Ukraine wants to see as signatories of security guarantees. He also said that the document will not apply to the temporarily occupied territories of Donbass and Crimea, as issues have not yet been resolved.
Earlier , the United States declared its readiness to act as one of the guarantors of Ukraine's security. Then the same was announced in Italy and Germany. At the same time, British Deputy Prime Minister Dominique Raab said that London would consider Ukraine's request , but he ruled out taking guarantees that NATO countries have.
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