A distinguished group of veteran politicians from Europe and the United States to find out whether the conditions for Ukraine’s accession to NATO are met.
A new international steering group has been established to promote Ukraine’s security and Euro-Atlantic relations.
The second leader of the group, the former Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen according to one of the most important tasks of the working group is to find out whether the conditions for Ukraine’s accession to NATO are met.
The Office of the President of Ukraine hosted the first, founding meeting of the working group on Tuesday. The president’s office told about the meeting on Tuesday evening in its announcement.
The steering group also includes the former prime minister of Finland Sanna Marin. In addition, there are, for example, the former Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnsonformer Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The second chairman of the group is the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andri Jermak.
Rasmussen: Ukraine to the EU and NATO
According to the press release of the President’s Office, the main goal of the working group is to develop a vision of how Ukraine becomes more closely involved in the Euro-Atlantic security area.
– Russia’s unprovoked attack against Ukraine has been a devastating blow to the rules-based global order. At the same time, it has weakened the foundation of the post-Cold War security architecture, Jermak said when opening the meeting.
According to Rasmussen, the country’s new security architecture should be based on three main points. The first of them is the system of long-term security commitments for Ukraine, the second is EU membership and the third is NATO membership.
– We need a clear vision of Ukraine’s future security arrangements to make it clear to Putin that he will not be allowed to achieve his war goals, Rasmussen said.
According to Rasmussen, who served as the general secretary of the military alliance in 2009-2014, one of the most important tasks of the working group is to find out whether the conditions for Ukraine’s accession to NATO are met.