International Taskforce on Ukraine’s Security and Euro-Atlantic Integration outlines a clear path for Ukraine to join NATO and proposes immediate steps to reinforce Ukraine’s security.
The International Taskforce led by former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak today released a report entitled Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic Future: Paving the path to peace & security.
The report outlines concrete proposals to immediately reinforce Ukraine’s security, help to contain and then end the war, and bridge Ukraine to its future in NATO. It recommends:
- Issuing an invitation at the NATO Summit in Washington D.C. for Ukraine to start accession talks to join the alliance and inviting the NATO-Ukraine Council to define specific conditions for membership.
- Setting a clear timeframe for Ukrainian NATO membership of no later than July 2028, provided specific conditions are met.
- Containing the war as a first step to ending the war, by strengthening Ukraine and its allies’ efforts to deny Russia’s operational success on land, at sea, and in the air.
- Lifting all caveats on types of conventional weapons delivered to Ukraine and all caveats on their use against military targets inside Russia.
- Bringing the web of bilateral security agreements between Ukraine and its partners under the framework of an international compact.
- Building Ukraine’s future force so that it can reach – before the end of the decade – a size and structure robust enough to defend against a future conventional attack by Russia and positively contribute to NATO’s collective defence plans.
- A commitment by NATO Allies to spend the equivalent of 0.25% of their GDP on military assistance to Ukraine.
- Unblocking the $300 billion of frozen Russian assets and using them to support Ukraine.
- Setting clear reform and governance benchmarks for Ukraine, fully aligned with the EU accession process.
- Developing a set of assurances on the defensive nature of Ukraine’s future NATO membership.
The full report is available here – Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic Future: Paving the path to peace & security
Speaking following the release of the report, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said:
“Bold action is needed to deliver a Ukrainian victory and a sustainable peace. NATO leaders need to make clear that our support for Ukraine’s security and sovereignty is irreversible. This report sets out clear measures to achieve that through enhanced economic and military support to contain and end Putin’s war. It also recommends NATO leaders open accession talks with Ukraine at the Washington D.C. summit in July. Bringing Ukraine into NATO is the surest path to lasting peace and security in Europe.”
Andriy Yermak, Head of Office to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy added:
“Strong and clear decisions at the NATO Summit in July will be extremely important for the future just peace in Ukraine and the entire Euro-Atlantic region. They will also be a good motivation and strong support for the Ukrainian military and all our citizens,”
Report signatories from the International Task Force on Ukraine’s Security and Euro-Atlantic Integration:
Co-Chairs
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak
Former Prime Minister of Denmark and Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Members
Former President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė
Former President of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Former Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin
Former Prime Minister of Poland Marek Belka
Former Prime Minister of Slovakia Mikuláš Dzurinda
Former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defence of Canada Peter MacKay
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Interior and Defense of France Michèle Alliot-Marie
Former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Lord William Hague
Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo H. Daalder
Former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker
Former National Security Advisor of Canada Jody Thomas
Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe Wesley Clark
Former NATO Assistant Secretary General Heinrich Brauss
Former NATO Assistant Secretary General Giedrimas Jeglinskas
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