U.S. President Joe Biden has announced the approval by the countries that have signed bilateral security agreements with Ukraine, the Ukraine Compact, which will unite the states “in a unified, coordinated, and comprehensive architecture to support Ukraine.”

At an event on the occasion of the approval of the Ukrainian Treaty in Washington, Biden pointed out that last year the G7 countries signed a declaration on the long-term protection of Ukraine, and later 25 more countries joined the countries, which pledged to negotiate and sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine.

“Now, one year later, more than 20 countries plus the European Union have completed and signed these agreements. And more countries are finalizing theirs as we speak. This compact brings all those countries together in a unified, coordinated, and comprehensive architecture to support Ukraine not just for now but for years in the future,” he said.

The American leader said that in the long term, after this war is over, “if Putin ever tries it again, all the countries that endorsed the compact have pledged to have Ukraine’s back just like we have it now.”

“We take another important step in our collective support for Ukraine. We refer to it as the Ukraine Compact,” he stated.

Biden also stressed that in the short term, the United States and partners will continue to supply Ukraine with weapons, ammunition and training necessary to repel Russian troops, and in the medium term they will help create future forces that will have sufficient power and capabilities both to protect Ukraine and to deter further aggression.