Next round of talks with Boeing Company to be held in May-June

Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Serhiy Kryvonos said this at the Informational Evening program on Channel 5, the NSDC’s press service reported.

"Such cooperation can become a successful example of cooperation at such a level in order to attract other investors and draw in more projects to Ukraine to deepen military and technical cooperation with NATO member states. For us, this means thousands of jobs, an opportunity to make our army stronger, and to strengthen positions in international markets," he stressed.

Kryvonos informed that the first stage of negotiations with the Boeing Company had been already held, and during May-June several rounds of negotiations on detailed cooperation would take place.

"Negotiations, which determined the general line of action, were held," he said, adding that, first of all, this refers to the large-scale assembly and repair of airplanes on the basis of domestic aircraft repair plants, and the development of the infrastructure of these plants for servicing of Boeing aircraft in the territory of Ukraine.

According to Kryvonos, cooperation with Ukraine is also strategically beneficial to Boeing itself, since the company is competing with Airbus in the European market and Lockheed in the US. "Therefore, for them it is a rather successful project, which will allow to become stronger in their market as well," he added.

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