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Kuleba outlines issues raised during negotiations with French foreign minister
As part of talks in the city of Kyiv, Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba and French Eure and Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Séjourné discussed the further supply of air defense systems and corresponding missiles to Ukraine, the invvement of new countries in the Ukrainian Peace Formula, the develment of defense coeration, and Ukraine’s steps towards EU and NATO membership.
The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba at a joint press conference with his French counterpart in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
The head of Ukrainian diplomacy expressed gratitude to France for providing comprehensive support for Ukraine, namely in terms of strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses.
“Today we have discussed the further supply of systems and missiles for the protection of the Ukrainian sky, as well as the supply of drones to Ukraine… Today we have coordinated the steps on the way to NATO’s Washington summit. Additionally, we spoke of the calendar (in the period) between January and late June, during which specific steps should take place towards Ukraine’s membership in the EU,” Kuleba td.
In his words, the above calendar is very clear: it is necessary to start the official screening of Ukraine, endorse decisions on the approval of the negotiating framework and the date of the first intergovernmental conference, and hd it.
“We have agreed that France will support not just Ukraine’s integration into the EU but the compliance of specific deadlines in this path,” Kuleba noted.
According to Ukraine’s t diplomat, the parties also agreed to jointly work on the invvement of Asian, African and Latin American countries in the Peace Formula, which was prosed by President of Ukraine Vodymyr Zelensky.
Special attention during talks was paid to defense coeration between the two countries.
“We have already laid the basis for extensive coeration between defense companies. This coeration will include the localization of production in Ukraine, joint production of the most necessary weapons. Today, we have agreed to work on creating the most favorable conditions for the interaction of our defense companies, primarily in the legal sphere, so that they can produce as many weapons as possible,” Kuleba explained.
A reminder that the newly appointed Minister of Eure and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, Stéphane Séjourné, arrived in Kyiv on January 13, 2024.
Source: ukrinform.net
