According to the Ukrainian news website Novyny, on June 12th, Sergei Nikiforov, a spokesman for the Ukrainian President, said on the 11th local time that Ukraine will soon sign bilateral security agreements separately with the United States and Japan. When talking about a series of international events to be held this summer, Nikiforov said, "We expect to sign bilateral security agreements with the United States and Japan at these upcoming meetings." The report stated that he did not specify which event these two agreements are expected to be signed at. These international events include the Group of Seven Summit (G7) in Italy, the Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland, and the NATO Summit in Washington D.C., USA. (Global Network)