Working group on Ukraine-NATO integration meets at Munich Security Conference

Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. Stock photo: Getty Images

A working group on Ukraine’s Security and Euro-Atlantic Integration that was set up on 31 January 2024 has met for the second time, this time on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

Source: Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine; Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General 2009-2014; European Pravda

Details: Yermak said the meeting was attended by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, leader of the 90/Green Alliance Omid Nouripour, former United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker, and former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

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“We discussed the importance of inviting Ukraine to the NATO summit in Washington in 2024 and our country’s future membership of the Alliance,” Yermak said, without disclosing any further details.

“We need to ensure Ukraine wins this war but also create the security architecture so Russia can never do this again,” Fogh Rasmussen said.

Most of the participants attended the inaugural meeting on 31 January remotely. 

Background:

• The International Working Group on Ukraine’s Security and Euro-Atlantic Integration is co-chaired by the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andrii Yermak, and former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. 
• More than a dozen former officials and experts have been invited to participate in the group, including former Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, former Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
• The group’s main goal is to develop a comprehensive vision of Ukraine’s further integration into the Euro-Atlantic security framework.

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