Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia join G7 declaration on security guarantees for Ukraine

The countries shared the information in a joint statement.

"We will keep helping Ukraine until victory. We will support Ukraine on its path towards NATO and EU membership," Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said in a statement.

Similar statements were also made by Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Karinš and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė.

"We will work with Ukraine within this multilateral framework to establish security commitments and arrangements that would help Ukraine win this war as soon as possible, support its economic stability and reconstruction, resilience, reform agenda and advance its European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations," they said.

They also promise to cooperate with Ukraine on its path to the EU and hope to start accession negotiations in 2023, after the relevant assessment by the European Commission.

Estonia, together with Lithuania and Latvia, joins the #G7 declaration of support for Ukraine.

We will keep helping #Ukraine until victory. We will support Ukraine on its path towards NATO and EU membership.

Full joint statement with @krisjaniskarins and @IngridaSimonyte ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/7xMErFKYWb

— Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) August 17, 2023

Declaration on security guarantees for Ukraine

On Wednesday, July 12, the G7 nations reached a consensus on a collaborative declaration outlining security assurances for Ukraine. The agreement will be open to all interested parties. US President Joe Biden said that the declaration outlines support for Ukraine in the short and long term.

On the same day, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden joined the declaration. Subsequently, Spain, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Portugal also joined.

During a UN General Assembly debate on July 18, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba proposed that all United Nations member countries consider becoming signatories to the Group of Seven's declaration on security assurances for Ukraine.

On July 25, Romania decided to join the G7 declaration in support of Ukraine, presented on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius.

On August 3, Ukraine announced that it had initiated negotiations with the United States to establish security guarantees.

Ukraine embarked on negotiations for a bilateral security guarantee agreement with its second partner, the United Kingdom. These negotiations with London were initiated on August 11.

On August 12, Greece became the 14th country to join the G7 Vilnius Declaration in support of Ukraine. 

On August 15, North Macedonia joined the G7 declaration on providing security guarantees for Ukraine.

On Wednesday, August 16, the Bulgarian Council of Ministers adopted a decision approving Bulgaria's accession to the G7 declaration on security guarantees for Ukraine.