French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bilateral agreement on security cooperation in Paris.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of France Emmanuel Macron signed a bilateral agreement on security cooperation within the framework of the G7 security declaration during their meeting in Paris. – The bilateral agreement sets out the commitments we made with the G7 countries at the NATO summit in Vilnius last July, the French president said.
– Our support is not only long-term, but also collective, as Britain and Germany have already signed this agreement within the G7 group, Emmanuel Macron added.
Billions for military aid
The document assumes that Paris will provide Kiev with military aid worth up to 3 billion euros in 2024, said Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of the President’s Chancellery. He said the agreement establishes France’s security obligations, comprehensive assistance to Ukraine in the restoration of its territorial integrity, support for economic recovery and reconstruction, prevention and active deterrence of new aggression by the Russian Federation, and support for integration with the EU and NATO.
– Specific amounts of aid have been established. In 2024, France will provide Ukraine with as much as 3 billion euros in military aid. The support will last ten years after the agreement, Żółkiew added.
Separately, the agreement defines areas of military and security cooperation between Kiev and Paris, such as joint production of weapons, purchase of long-range weapons and combat aircraft, and cooperation in cyberspace.
The agreement also states that Ukraine and France will work together to use frozen Russian assets, impose sanctions on aggressive countries and bring them to justice.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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