Ukrainian Presidential Office Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak speaks during a news conference with a member of the International Working Group on the Environmental Consequences of War after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, amid of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine, June 29, 2023. .REUTERS/Viacheslav…
KIEV, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Ukraine has begun consultations with Britain to secure security guarantees and kyiv aims to have the first such agreements by the end of the year, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday.
Ukraine is pushing for security guarantees from powers like the United States, pending what it hopes will be its eventual accession to the Washington-led NATO military alliance.
“Our goal is to have the first such deals by the end of the year,” Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, said in televised remarks.
“Our consultations with Britain have started,” he said.
Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; written by Tom Balmforth; Edited by John Stonestreet
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