"Equivalent to NATO's Article 5": media learned about discussed security guarantees for Ukraine
Kyiv • UNN
At Trump's briefing after the summit with Putin, security guarantees for Ukraine, which is not a NATO member, were discussed. These guarantees are equivalent to NATO's Article 5, which provides for collective defense.
During US President Donald Trump's briefing for European leaders after the summit with Kremlin head Vladimir Putin in Alaska, security guarantees for non-NATO Ukraine were discussed, The Guardian reports, writes UNN.
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A source familiar with the situation told Reuters that these guarantees would be equivalent to Article 5, which states that if a NATO ally becomes the victim of an armed attack, every member of the alliance will consider it an armed attack against all members of the alliance.
A European official told CNN that part of the negotiations with US President Donald Trump concerned security guarantees for Ukraine "of the Article 5 type," with European and US support, in the event of a peace agreement. The European official stated that NATO would not be involved in the guarantees.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as Sky TG24 writes, stated that the discussion of security guarantees was the area where the "most interesting developments" occurred during the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.
"The key point remains security guarantees to prevent further Russian invasions, and this is the aspect where the most interesting developments were recorded in Anchorage." Only reliable and credible guarantees in this regard can prevent new wars and aggression. In this regard, President Trump today revived Italy's idea of security guarantees, inspired by NATO's Article 5
According to her, "the starting point of the proposal is the definition of a collective security clause that allows Ukraine to enjoy the support of all its partners, including the US, ready to intervene in the event of a renewed attack." "European states remain united in supporting Ukraine at this stage of negotiations. The path to peace is not easy, but it is important that it has been taken," Meloni noted.
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In a joint statement released earlier today, European leaders said: "No restrictions should be placed on the Armed Forces of Ukraine or on its cooperation with third countries. Russia cannot have a veto on Ukraine's path to the EU and NATO."