Polish President Andrzej Duda told The Wall Street Journal that Western countries are negotiating a security agreement that would strengthen Ukraine by prioritizing access to Western weapons and military technology.
According to the newspaper, the agreement should be based on the "Israeli model" and should ensure Ukraine's security on its way to joining NATO.
"Russia must understand today that Ukraine has these security guarantees and that they will not end with time or as a result of Western fatigue," the Polish president said.
According to the WSJ, during the July NATO summit in Vilnius, a NATO-Ukraine Council will be established, which will become a "gateway to Ukraine's future membership" in the Alliance.
Within this structure, Ukraine will have the right to convene meetings of the Council and request assistance. Individual member states can respond to requests.
According to former senior NATO official Fabrice Pothier, one of the co-authors of the original plan and an adviser to former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the proposal is that the United States would act as the main guarantor of the agreement along with European countries, and NATO countries could also participate in this initiative.
Fabrice Potier also believes that the commitments should be binding on the signatories to the agreement so that it can deter Russia from further aggression.
The Wall Street Journal writes that officials in several European capitals, including Paris and Berlin, spoke positively about such an agreement.
Background. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Scholz said that Ukraine is currently unable to fulfill a number of conditions for joining NATO.