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Recommendation 13
13
Accepted
Paragraph: 68
The UK Government should continue to work closely with Ukraine, NATO and other allies to...
Recommendation
The UK Government should continue to work closely with Ukraine, NATO and other allies to monitor the situation on the ground, share intelligence and plan a co-ordinated approach for joint action to promote collective security in the region.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees with the recommendation and states it already leads efforts with allies to ensure situational understanding, share intelligence, and coordinate responses through ongoing activities and NATO forums.
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Paragraph Reference:
68
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
The Government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. During the Russian military build-up we led efforts with international Allies and Partners to ensure a cohesive situational understanding and a unified response. This included a meeting of the Ukraine QUINT Defence Ministers on 7 April 2021 where they shared understandings of the situation, agreed to closely monitor and continue to call on Russia to de-escalate. We continue to work with our partners and Allies to defend our common values, counter shared threats and build resilience in the region. Transparency, intelligence sharing, and coordination continue to be vital to success. We have continued to use NATO as a forum to coordinate joint action to promote Ukraine’s regional security. Foreign Minister Kuleba visited NATO in April to brief the NATO-Ukraine Commission on the military build-up, and the Secretary General engaged bilaterally with President Zelenskyy on the developments. Leaders also discussed the border tensions at the 14 June NATO Summit. The Summit Communiqué commended Ukraine’s restraint and diplomatic approach, called on Russia to reverse its military build- up and destabilising activities in and around Ukraine, and welcomed further cooperation between NATO and Ukraine.
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