“I can say with 99% certainty that in Warsaw, still before the NATO summit, we will sign this agreement with President Zelenskyy,” Tusk said in Brussels following an EU summit.
NATO leaders are set to meet in Washington from July 9–11.
“Our agreement is practically completely ready,” Tusk added.
However, Tusk emphasized that the Polish government does not intend to “weaken Poland's defense capabilities” in any way, noting that some details still need to be finalized.
Also on Friday, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met in Warsaw.
They discussed Ukraine's accession to the EU, military aid to the Ukrainian armed forces, and work on a Ukrainian-Polish security agreement.
“We welcomed the beginning of Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations. Poland has consistently supported Ukraine's EU membership over the years. The practical start of talks is a success for Ukraine, Poland, and all of Europe,” Kuleba wrote on X.
“We paid special attention to negotiations with third countries about providing Ukraine with additional air defense capabilities. We also talked about the finalization of a bilateral security agreement between Ukraine and Poland,” Kuleba wrote.
Kuleba also mentioned that he discussed with the Polish Foreign Minister various strategies to unlock European Peace Fund support for Ukraine with weapons, as well as “negotiations with third countries about providing Ukraine with additional air defense capabilities.”
Kuleba did not detail the specifics, but media sources report that the United States, Israel, and Ukraine are negotiating to equip Kyiv with up to eight Patriot air defense systems to protect against Russian attacks.
