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Germany, Ukraine May Sign Bilateral Security Agreement on February 16 - Reports

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Berlin and Kiev may conclude an agreement on bilateral security guarantees at the Munich Security Conference on February 16, German media reported on Saturday, citing German government sources.
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At the same time, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that the draft agreement had been prepared, but the text had not been fully agreed upon yet.
German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said on January 25 that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Volodymyr Zelensky agreed in a telephone conversation to accelerate talks on bilateral security commitments and support measures.
In mid-January, Ukraine and the United Kingdom signed a 10-year security cooperation agreement in which London pledged to support Kiev during that period. French President Emmanuel Macron has also announced his intention to sign a similar agreement with Ukraine.
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