France and Ukraine to sign bilateral security agreement

Mr Macron said earlier this year that France was negotiating a bilateral deal on the model the one Ukraine recently agreed with the United Kingdom, which covers 10 years

Emmanuel Macron, right, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have agreed a bilteral security deal (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

French president Emmanuel Macron will sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in Paris as part of a trip that will also go take in Germany, the French presidency has said.

It did not release specific details about the agreement, to be signed at the Elysee presidential palace.