Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and France hold bilateral talks on defence cooperation and Ukraine’s accession to EU and NATO
During the latter’s visit to Kyiv on 13 January, the Ukrainian and French foreign ministers held bilateral talks on defence assistance and cooperation, as well as Ukraine’s accession to the EU and NATO and holding Russia to account.
As Censor.NET reports, citing European Pravda.
Kuleba said that the parties discussed "further supply of systems and missiles to protect Ukrainian skies, as well as the supply of drones to Ukraine". Paris and Kyiv also touched upon bilateral defence cooperation.
"Today we have agreed that we will work to create the most favourable conditions for our defence companies, especially in the legal sphere, so that the legal and financial conditions of interaction between them are as favourable as possible, and they can produce as many weapons as possible," he added.
Another topic of the talks was Ukraine's movement towards the EU and NATO. According to the Ukrainian minister, he and his French counterpart coordinated their positions at the NATO summit in Washington and further steps to start negotiations on joining the EU.
"We agreed that France will support not only Ukraine's integration into the EU, but also the observance of specific deadlines on this path," the Foreign Minister explained.
Other topics discussed by Kuleba and Sejourne included the issue of frozen Russian assets and the creation of a special tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression.
As a reminder, the new French Foreign Minister, Stephane Sejourne, arrived in Kyiv this morning on 13 January.
