Minister Reznikov, Ambassador Güldere discuss development of Ukraine–Turkey cooperation

Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey to Ukraine Yağmur Ahmet Güldere discussed the implementation of joint defense projects.

As the press service of the Ministry of Defense reports, the parties pointed out the importance of maintaining an active strategic dialogue and the need to hold a meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs and ministers of defense of Ukraine and the Republic of Turkey in the quadriga format, which is to take place in the near future.

Oleksiy Reznikov and Yağmur Ahmet Güldere stressed the invariability of the political position of the parties on the development of bilateral cooperation, which provides for the implementation of joint mutually beneficial defense projects.

As reported, during a panel on Ukraine–Turkey defense cooperation at the SAHA Expo in Istanbul on November 14, CEO of Baykar Haluk Bayraktar said that Ukraine and Turkey have implemented more than 30 joint defense projects over the past four years. The total turnover reaches $5 billion with $1 billion accounting for defense contracts signed over the past 3-4 years.

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