Slovenia's president predicts security deal with Ukraine will be signed before NATO summit

Slovenia is finalizing work on a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine, and the document is to be signed before the NATO summit in Washington.

Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar said this at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"The security agreement between Slovenia and Ukraine is already at the final stage. I think it will be signed before the NATO summit in Washington," Pirc Musar said.

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She also welcomed the signing of the security agreement between the European Union and Ukraine.

On June 27, Ukraine and the EU signed a security agreement on the sidelines of a European Union leaders summit. Security agreements were also signed with Lithuania and Estonia.