The Kyiv Security Forum Office to the EU has opened in Brussels (Belgium).
Its aim is to help Ukraine achieve its key objectives. These include, above all, victory in the war; Ukraine’s accession to the European Union and NATO; the reconstruction of the state; holding Russia accountable and ensuring the payment of reparations; and full participation in shaping Europe’s new defence architecture.
KSF EU Office, Brussels, will develop a systematic dialogue with the institutions of the European Union and NATO, the governments and parliaments of partner countries, leading think tanks, civil society and the media. It will serve as a permanent platform for international meetings, negotiations, expert discussions and joint initiatives. The work of the KSF EU Office will focus on advancing Ukraine’s political and security interests, strengthening long-term international support, promoting Ukraine’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration, engaging partners in the country’s reconstruction and in cooperation on defence and security, as well as developing mechanisms for the use of frozen Russian assets and the recovery of reparations from the aggressor state.
KSF EU Office will also contribute to the development of strategic cooperation in the European Union – Ukraine – United Kingdom format and to deepening cooperation with key NATO partners.
The opening of the office in Brussels is a logical continuation of the work of the Kyiv Security Forum, which has been building ties between Ukraine and its international partners since 2007.
«Today Ukraine is defending not only itself – it is defending Europe. We are opening an office in Brussels so that Ukrainian interests are consistently represented where decisions on the future of Europe are taken», – stressed Arseniy Yatsenyuk, founder of the Open Ukraine Foundation and of the KSF EU Office, and Chair of the KSF.
KSF EU Office, Brussels, has been established as an international non-governmental organisation by virtue of a royal decree signed by King Philippe of the Belgians. The Office will become fully operational in 2027.
Marcin Bużanski has been appointed Executive Director of the KSF EU Office. He is a political scientist and an expert in foreign and security policy, with many years of experience in international diplomacy, negotiations and conflict resolution.
The Kyiv Security Forum (KSF), founded by Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s Open Ukraine Foundation, is Ukraine’s leading international platform on issues of war and peace. KSF events bring together heads of state and government, politicians, diplomats, military commanders, experts, civil society leaders and journalists. The platform’s activities aim to keep Ukraine at the centre of the global agenda, to broaden the circle of its international partners and to build expertise on current security issues.