Ukraine and Norway, both neighbors of Russia, have agreed on the terms of a bilateral security agreement, announced the head of Norwegian diplomacy during a visit to kyiv.
“Norway will provide long-term military, political, financial and humanitarian support to Ukraine,” Espen Barth Eide said after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in kyiv.
“The agreement demonstrates our clear political commitment to continue supporting Ukraine as we have done since Russia’s brutal and large-scale attack more than two years ago,” he added in a statement. .
The text will be signed and its content revealed during the next meeting – at a date still undetermined – between Mr. Zelensky and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, the press release specifies.
Ukraine, which seeks to consolidate its Western alliances at a time when its army is struggling against Russian troops, has signed bilateral security agreements with nearly ten partner countries, including France, Germany and the United Kingdom. .
A NATO member country sharing a land border with Russia in the Arctic, Norway has already committed to providing 75 billion crowns (6.5 billion euros) in civil and military aid to Ukraine. over the period 2023-2027.
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