Ukraine signs bilateral security agreement with Latvia
Ukraine and Latvia have signed a bilateral security agreement, according to which Latvia has pledged to provide annual assistance and support to Ukraine during its accession to the EU and NATO, announced President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The amount of military assistance from Latvia, according to the agreement, will be 0.25% of the country's GDP. Latvia will provide it to Ukraine annually and will also facilitate Ukraine's accession to the EU and NATO. In addition, the country has made a 10-year commitment to support Ukraine in cyber defense, demining, and unmanned technologies.
"I am grateful to friendly Latvia! This is exactly the specificity and predictability that our struggle for freedom and independence needs," Zelenskyy said.
The Ukrainian President is on an official visit to Lithuania on April 11, where he will take part in the Three Seas Initiative summit.
Security agreements
On the sidelines of the July NATO summit in Vilnius, the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) agreed on a Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine, in which they stated that they would each work with Ukraine on specific bilateral long-term security commitments and arrangements. Ukraine, in turn, committed itself to reforms.
More than 20 countries have joined this initiative. The United Kingdom was the first country to sign a final agreement. Since then, Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, and Finland have also signed bilateral agreements with Ukraine. Greece and Estonia have also announced their intentions to conclude similar agreements.
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