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On the sidelines of the fourth meeting of national security advisers and political advisers to state leaders on the implementation of the Peace Formula in Davos, the Ukrainian side led by the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak, began bilateral negotiations with the Secretary of State of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iulian Fota, on concluding a bilateral security agreement.
The negotiations started in pursuance of the instruction of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the framework of the G7 Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine. They marked the advancement of bilateral relations to the level of strategic partnership. This logically furthers the agreements reached following the phone call between the Presidents of Ukraine and Romania on January 9, 2024, and is a step towards the implementation of the Joint Declaration of the two leaders of October 10, 2023.
Romania became the 9th country to start bilateral security talks with Ukraine, and once again reaffirmed its unflagging support for Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity, as well as its European and Euro-Atlantic path.
According to Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, it is impossible to imagine full-fledged security guarantees in Europe, particularly in the Black Sea region, without Romania.
Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Mykola Tochytskyi expressed gratitude to Romania and the Romanian people for their continued assistance to our country.
The parties discussed the main elements of a future bilateral security agreement and agreed on modalities for further negotiations.
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The Romanian president and government have never been transparent about the military aid given to Ukraine. What is concerning these security bilateral agreements are being signed without consulting the population or even the Romanian Parliament, purely formally. President Iohannis did not consult the legislature in any way when he launched the respective negotiations, for which a mandate granted by a vote is mandatory.
The President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, previously had "a strategic conversation" and agreed on cooperation priorities for the year 2024.
Following the talks, Zelensky indicated that Romania had agreed to further help Ukraine with artillery and air defense needs. Last year Zelensky thanked Romania (among other countries) for providing help with its air defense. He said that these countries have contributed with Patriot, NASAMS, IRIS-T, RAVEN, Hawk and other missile systems.
During his visit to Bucharest in October, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also said that he and his Romanian counterpart, Klaus Iohannis, discussed ways to speed up the process of training Ukrainian pilots to allow them to be "among the first in the first line".
The Strategic Partnership with Ukraine only comes to formalize the armed confrontation with Moscow, despite the opposition of a good part of the Romanian population.
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