NATO discusses Israeli-style security guarantees for Ukraine – WSJ
Key NATO member states have preliminarily supported the idea of providing Ukraine with security guarantees prior to membership on the basis of the Kyiv Security Compact.
This was reported in The Wall Street Journal.
The concept of Ukraine’s future membership in NATO is based on the Kyiv Security Compact, which was proposed in September 2022 by a working group headed by the head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, and former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Polish President Andrzej Duda told the WSJ that Ukraine’s Western allies support an “Israeli-style” security agreement, and “discussions on this are ongoing right now.”
According to Western officials, such a deal for Ukraine could affect the course of the war with Russia by thwarting Vladimir Putin’s intentions to prolong it in order to undermine political support for Ukraine in the United States and parts of Europe.
A US official confirmed to the WSJ on condition of anonymity that discussions of an “Israeli model” of security for Ukraine are underway, but there are no specifics yet.
In turn, representatives of NATO, Ukraine and other countries have said they expect to see the United States, Britain, Germany and France among the parties to the treaty on security guarantees for Kyiv.
