The Atlantic Alliance hosts the first meeting of the NATO-Ukraine council this Wednesday. A meeting attended by the foreign ministers of NATO and Ukraine for a “conversation between equals.”
Minister Dmytro Kuleba is the representative of kyiv. Entering the meeting, he welcomed the “political will” to help Kiev defend itself from Russian aggression, but pointed out flaws in Western industry that, in his opinion, limit the defense capabilities not only of Ukraine, but of the entire world. euro space. -Atlantic.
Dmytro Kuleba says he has only one agenda item to “add” to the debate: “We need to create a common Euro-Atlantic space of defense industries.” The minister understands that “this is the only way not only to continue helping Ukraine at a sufficient level, but also to guarantee the security and defense capabilities of the NATO countries themselves.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine talks about the limitations of the current capabilities of the defense industry in the Euro-Atlantic space and gives the example of promised deliveries of ammunition to Ukraine, which are slow to arrive.
“We have the case of the million artillery munitions promised by the European Union,” highlighted the minister, confirming that “to date, around 300,000 have been delivered.” For this reason, he admits that “there is no lack of will [política]” to guarantee the delivery of ammunition, but “many technical issues that require a lot of attention and care.”
So says Dmytro Kuleba, in Brussels, that the European defense industry needs to overcome the failures that hinder weapons production capacity.
For the minister, “people with specific knowledge about how things work, how spare parts stocks work, how supply chains work have to sit down and resolve the matter, otherwise Europe will be defenseless.”
Kuleba spoke alongside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who once again welcomed the availability of different allies to provide support to Ukraine. On the first day of this meeting, Stoltenberg highlighted the “important new announcements” that have been seen in the “recent days.”
“Germany pledged eight billion euros for next year and the Netherlands pledged more than 2 billion euros; Romania opened an F-16 training center for Ukrainian pilots,” he exemplified, adding that “the allies, including the United States “The United States and Finland are sending more air defense and ammunition, and 20 allies have created an air defense coalition for Ukraine.”
“All this helps save Ukrainian lives and sends a message to Russia that our support will not waver,” stressed Jens Stoltenberg.
Source: TSF
