UK and Ukraine One Hundred Year Partnership Agreement – new inquiry launched

The short inquiry is intended to seek expert input to inform the committee’s assessment of the Agreement. It will consider the Partnership Agreement and accompanying Political Declaration. 

Questions the committee is seeking evidence on include:   

1. How does this Agreement contribute to the UK’s national interest? Are there any risks to the UK? 
   
   
2. What will materially change as a result of this treaty? 
   
   
3. The Partnership comprises both a short, legally binding treaty, and a more detailed non-binding political declaration. What do you see as the role of these respective instruments, and the benefits and/or drawbacks of including greater detail in the political declaration?  
   
   
4. The Partnership reaffirms the UK’s support for Ukrainian membership of NATO. How likely is this aspiration in the current climate, and what more could the Government do to ensure this outcome?  
   
   
5. The Agreement contains a commitment to establish a maritime partnership with Ukraine, with the aim of strengthening security in the Baltic Sea, Black Sea and Azov Sea. How do you expect this partnership to operate in practice, and what are the benefits and risks to the UK? 
   
   
6. How does this Agreement relate to the wider issues of security guarantees for Ukraine in relation to any cease fire arrangements between Russia and Ukraine or any settlement between those two parties?  
   
   
7. To what extent will this Agreement act as an effective deterrent to any further Russian aggression against Ukraine? 
   
   
8. Are there any other aspects of this treaty or political declaration that you consider notable or could have significant policy implications? 

The committee invites interested individuals to submit written evidence by Monday 10 March 2025. The full call for evidence and further information is available on the committee’s website.  

Lord Goldsmith, Chair of the International Agreements Committee said:   

“On 16 January 2025 the UK and Ukraine signed the One Hundred Year Partnership Agreement, which aims to strengthen defence, economic and cultural ties. The committee will now be scrutinising this Agreement and I encourage anyone with experience or expertise on this topic to share their views with the full knowledge that they will have value and are welcome."