Borrell announces visit to Ukraine in Sept-Oct, opening of defense innovation office in Kyiv

18:38, 30.08.2024 1 min read

The European Union will soon open a defense innovation office in Kyiv, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said, announcing a visit to Ukraine in September-October.

Borrell said at a press conference following an informal meeting of EU defense ministers in Brussels that they should integrate Ukrainian defense into their industrial base. According to him, there is much to learn from the Ukrainians to increase the EU innovation in defense, and that is why they are opening the European Union Defense Innovation Office in Kyiv. Together with the Commission. It will open soon, maybe in September, he said.

Borrell also said that he plans to visit Ukraine in September and October before the end of his term as High Representative, in order to give a final push to the EU cooperation with Ukraine on military support.