PRESS RELEASE : Following the meeting of the Presidents of Ukraine and France in Kyiv, a number of bilateral documents were signed

The press release issued by the President of Ukraine on 8 February 2022.

Following the meeting of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy with President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, a number of bilateral documents were signed.

In the presence of the heads of state, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denys Monastyrsky and Vice President for Eurasia at Thales International S.A.S. Christoph Lanowski signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and Thales International S.A.S.

In addition, CEO at “Ukroboronprom” Yuriy Husyev and Christoph Lanowski signed the Agreement on Cooperation.

The joint statement of Ukroboronprom and the Embassy of the French Republic in Ukraine was signed by Yuriy Husyev and Ambassador of France to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins.

Acting Head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Serhiy Kruk and President of the Desautel Group Jerome Desautel signed a Joint Declaration of Intent between the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and Desautel SAS.

Board Chairman at JSC Ukrzaliznytsia Oleksandr Kamyshin and Chairman and CEO of Alstom Henri Poupart-Lafarge signed a Memorandum of Understanding between JSC Ukrzaliznytsia and Alstom Transport SA.

During a meeting with media representatives following talks with Emmanuel Macron in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that the involvement of France in joint economic and, above all, infrastructure projects was an important issue in their talks.

“Today we have finalized the agreements and put into practice very important projects: the supply of 130 Alstom locomotives worth 900 million euros and the supply of 370 Desautel units of fire and rescue equipment for 300 million euros. The project on construction of patrol boats for the State Border Service, in particular in the city of Mykolaiv, is also being implemented,” the President of Ukraine said.

He also stressed that Ukraine and France will continue to develop cooperation with Airbus to establish a national air carrier.

“In addition, in the framework of military-technical cooperation between our countries, an agreement was signed between Ukroboronprom and the French company Thales. Also today, a joint statement was signed by Ukroboronprom and the French side on reforms in the defense-industrial complex of Ukraine,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.