Ukraine and Poland have started official negotiations on a bilateral security agreement.
This was stated by the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk during a joint briefing with the Marshal of the Polish Senate, Malgorzata Kidawa-Bląska, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"Today is a very important day in the history of our relations, because today we start official negotiations on the text of the agreement on security guarantees between Ukraine and Poland," Stefanchuk said.
According to him, both sides want "this agreement to be as ambitious as possible."
For her part, the Polish Senate Marshal stressed that everything should be done to continue international support for Ukraine.
"We will do our best to start the process of Ukraine's integration with the European Union and Ukraine's negotiations with the European Union this year. It will certainly be a long and complicated process, but it is better that it starts," said the Polish Senate Speaker.
She also assured that Polish senators will continue to emphasise the need to help Ukraine and consolidate the international community around the idea of solidarity with Ukraine both at home and abroad.