The United States has offered a 15-year security guarantee to Ukraine as part of a proposed peace plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on social media.
Zelenskyy wrote on X that President Trump “confirmed strong security guarantees.”
“He confirmed the details that had been developed up to this point by our negotiating teams regarding these security guarantees, and he confirmed that they would be put to a vote by the United States Congress. This is a very strong agreement,” he explained, noting that the countries also discussed an economic package of support for Ukrainian recovery.
“This includes the entry of American business, special conditions for Ukraine’s development and reconstruction, and the development of a free trade agreement with the United States,” Zelenskyy’s statement read. “The President of the United States also confirmed this.”
“Our teams have discussed this, and yesterday we agreed with the President of the United States that we will have strong security guarantees from the United States,” Zelenskyy later reiterated. “At present, they are not permanent. In the documents, the guarantees are set for 15 years, with the possibility of extension. I raised this issue with the President.”
The Ukrainian president explained that he told President Trump “that our war has already been going on for more than a decade, and therefore, we would very much like the guarantees to last longer. We would like to consider the possibility of 30, 40, or 50 years. It would then become a historic decision by President Trump. The President said that the U.S. would consider it.”
