Feb 16, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Berlin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed
a bilateral security agreement with Germany and planned to sign another with
France on Friday, securing a strong signal of long-term backing as Kyiv works
to shore up Western support nearly two years after Russia launched its full-scale
war.
Zelenskyy met in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who said Berlin was providing another 1.1 billion-euro ($1.2 billion) package of military aid, including 36 howitzers, 120,000 rounds of artillery ammunition and two more air-defense systems.
Scholz described the long-term security accord
as a “historic step.” It’s Ukraine’s second such bilateral agreement after
one signed last month with the U.K.
Zelenskyy plans to sign another one with
President Emmanuel Macron in France later Friday. He said more were
in the works with other countries. “Ukraine has never yet had more valuable and
stronger documents,” the president said.
AP
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