Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Finnish Prime Minister Peteri Orpo, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis in Yerevan.
“Armenpress”According to , presenting the results of the meeting with the Prime Minister of Finland, Zelensky wrote in his X microblog that he thanked the Prime Minister of Finland for Finland’s recent decision to provide an additional $300 million in defense support to Ukraine.
“We sincerely appreciate it, and we discussed the priority areas of our defense, particularly air defense, which we can strengthen with this package.
I suggested to the Prime Minister to strengthen our bilateral partnership by signing an agreement in the format of “Drone Deal”. Ukraine is ready to share its experience and strengthen those who have strengthened us since the beginning of the large-scale invasion.
We also touched on international cooperation, in particular, our European integration. Now there is a good opportunity to open negotiation clusters, and Ukraine fully deserves it. I thank Finland for its support,” Zelensky wrote.
Referring to the meeting with the Prime Minister of Norway, the President of Ukraine emphasized that he thanked Norway for its support to Ukraine, in particular, for its contribution to the PURL (Priority List of Ukraine’s Needs) initiative, which amounts to about 1 billion dollars. Russia is not stopping its ballistic missile strikes, so timely funding of PURL is extremely important. We discussed our strategic partnership, the Drone Deal, and efforts to strengthen air defenses, as well as cooperation between the private and public sectors.
We paid special attention to Ukraine’s energy support. I informed the prime minister about our needs, particularly regarding natural gas for the coming winter. Ukraine should be ready for it. I thank Norway and Jonas personally for their willingness to help,” Zelensky wrote.
The President of Ukraine wrote about the meeting with the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.
“I had a productive meeting with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis. We discussed the directions of bilateral relations in detail. there is real potential to deepen our cooperation. We also discussed the European direction and the next steps on the way to Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.
I thank the Czech people for their huge and heartfelt support to Ukraine. we really appreciate it,” concluded Zelensky.
Let’s remind that the leaders of the European countries arrived in Yerevan to participate in the 8th summit of the European Political Community.
