"The deputy head of the Office of the President Igor Zhovkva held the final round of negotiations on the security agreement with the EU with the Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service for Peace, Security and Defense Charles Fries", the material informs.

It is stated that during the meeting the parties agreed on the text of the security agreement and agreed to sign it in the near future.

The OP emphasizes that Kyiv will sign a bilateral security agreement with the European Union in fulfillment of the Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine, which the EU and the G7 states approved in Vilnius on July 12, 2023.

• On May 13, it was reported that the European Union had already prepared an agreement on security guarantees with Ukraine, which could be signed in June or July this year.