G7 leaders pledge to ensure Ukraine’s long-term security

The leaders of the G7 today signed a declaration with the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskyin which they undertake to guarantee the safety of Ukraine in the long term and coordinate with kyiv in the face of any attack by Russia in the future to determine “the appropriate steps”.

This is how it appears in the text of the declaration that was made public after the event to sign it, held on the margins of the NATO summit that concludes today in Vilnius after two days of meetings.

The person in charge of making the announcement of the declaration was the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, and who appeared on stage together with Zelenski and the G7 leaders, as well as the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.

“The G7 will continue to support Ukraine. Our solidarity will never waver.”promised Kishida, in an event of great symbolic content and replete with Ukrainian flags, as well as those of the countries of the Group of Seven and the European Union (EU).

The declaration is open to other countries and some of them, like Spain, have already announced their intention to join.

In practice, the declaration serves to initiate a series of bilateral negotiations between the members of the G7 (the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Canada) and Ukraine to increase military cooperation.

In his remarks at the event, Zelensky assured that the G7 statement offers “security guarantees” Ukraine, but the text only mentions “security compromises” in various areas.

Specifically, the G7’s aid will take various forms: from the delivery of weapons and training for the Ukrainian armed forces to collaboration on cybersecurity, an increase in the sharing of intelligence information and measures to increase arms production in Ukraine, according to the text. .

The statement further states that in the event of a future armed attack by Russia, the G7 countries intend to hold the necessary consultations with Ukraine. “immediately” to determine “the appropriate steps”.

In general terms, the objective of the declaration is to prevent future attacks and offer some security to Ukraine until it can complete its process of joining the Atlantic Alliance, something that will only be possible once the war with Russia is over.

Even before the announcement was made, the Kremlin considered that the declaration signed by the G7 to give security guarantees to Ukraine “attentive” against the security of Russia.

Source: EFE