In furtherance of the understandings between the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Keir Starmer, reached during the President's recent visit to London, Ukraine and the United Kingdom held the third round of negotiations on a bilateral agreement on transition to a stronger and deeper partnership.
The parties discussed amendments to the draft document, approved its structure, and noted significant progress in agreeing on key sections.
“I am pleased that we have made substantial progress and agreed on a number of priority sections of the future agreement. This will be a historic document that will consolidate the main areas of our cooperation for the long term – from security to economy, from energy to culture and arts,” said Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Ihor Zhovkva, who led the Ukrainian team at the talks on the instructions of head of the delegation Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
The delegations of Ukraine and the United Kingdom agreed on a schedule for the next steps in further work on the text of the agreement.