Ukraine and Bulgaria begin talks on security agreement

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Representatives of Ukraine and Bulgaria have held the first round of talks on signing a bilateral security agreement.

Source: Office of Ukraine’s President on Friday, 25 October, as reported by European Pravda

Details: During the talks, Ukraine and Bulgaria began work on the draft document, agreed on its key provisions and established a schedule for further talks “to finalise the agreement as soon as possible”.

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“Ukraine has already signed 27 agreements in pursuance of the G7 Joint Declaration. It is very important to have such a document with Bulgaria as our strategic partner in the Black Sea region,” Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President, emphasised.

Background: 

Ukraine has been signing bilateral security agreements in accordance with the Group of Seven declaration, which was adopted in Vilnius in July 2023.
In addition to the Ukraine Compact, a multilateral agreement with commitments to support Ukraine, Ukraine has signed over two dozen such bilateral agreements to date.
Kyiv signed a bilateral security agreement with Ireland in September and with Greece in October.

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