It was held today at Palazzo Guidoni, headquarters of Segredifesa, the 3 ^ Joint Commission Italy – Ukraine, represented respectively by the Secretary General of Defense and National Director of Armaments, General of the Army Corps Luciano Portolano, and by the Deputy Minister of Defense and Ukrainian National Armaments Director , Mr. Volodymyr Havrylov.
The meeting took place a few months after Mr. Havrylov’s visit to Italy last December, aimed at increasing technical and military cooperation.
In his speech, General Portolano, after presenting the greetings of the Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto, hoped that the occasion could constitute a privileged forum to facilitate the Italian contribution to the resolution of the crisis and could lead to a deepening of the knowledge of Ukrainian needs to start a process of constructive and mutually satisfactory cooperation.
Mr Havrylov thanked Gen. Portolano and all of Italy, highlighting that the Italian one is a support that makes the difference because it allows you to save lives and allows the use of infrastructures of vital importance for your country. He then expressed a strong appreciation for the excellence of the Italian aerospace, defense and security industry, recognized all over the world. Cooperation in the field of defence between the Italian and Ukrainian Ministries of Defence is governed by the Intergovernmental Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Defence, signed in Rome on 17 March 1999 and by the Intergovernmental Agreement on Technical and Military Cooperation, signed in Kiev on 24 July 2007.
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