Zelenskyy explains what needs to be done to implement agreements with US on Patriot licences
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has explained what work needs to follow the political agreement reached with US President Donald Trump on granting a Patriot production licence.
Source: Zelenskyy during an online briefing with journalists, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Zelenskyy noted that the question of granting Ukraine a licence to produce Patriot technology was discussed in detail at a meeting with Trump and the US delegation, and he thanked the Americans for making this decision.
"We discussed this in detail with the president and his delegation. President Trump repeatedly stressed that today only two or three countries in the world can manufacture Patriots, because the others are not ready technologically. Ukraine has been recognised by America as a country that is ready to do this," Zelenskyy said.
He said Ukraine's Foreign Ministry and Defence Ministry will now begin negotiating the "technical matters".
"Regarding Patriot manufacturing in Ukraine, we have resolved this issue politically. Now it is very important that our technical teams, all our representatives from various ministries [...], begin working on this without delay so that we receive the licences very quickly, as soon as possible, and begin production in Ukraine," the president added.
Background:
- On 8 July, during a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, US President Donald Trump said the US will grant Ukraine a licence to produce Patriot missiles.
- He also said that Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian oil refineries represent an escalation that could help lead to the end of the war.
- The Financial Times has reported that Ukraine's European allies have hopes that after the summit's events, Trump has become more favourably disposed towards Ukraine in light of its successes.
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