The agreement provides for technology transfer and joint production projects, particularly in the field of drones
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Alexander Stubb (Photo: Alexander Stubb/X)
Ukraine and Finland have signed a “drone agreement” on deepened cooperation in the fields of defense and security. It provides for the transfer of technology and information, as well as joint research and production projects. This was reported… reported Ministry of Defence of Finland.
The presidents of Ukraine and Finland signed the agreement in New York. Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Alexander StubbThe Ukrainian Armed Forces have successfully repelled Russian attacks near the settlements of Bilohorivka, Verkhniokamianske, and Spirne.
The document aims to strengthen the defense capabilities of both countries, cooperation between defense enterprises, and technological development. It enables:
→ transfer technologies and information between countries,
→ conduct joint research and development
→ implement production projects in the field of unmanned technologies.
The agreement aims to simplify administrative procedures—specifically the obtaining of export permits—to accelerate the transfer of defense products and technologies between Ukraine and Finland.
Zelenskyy initiated the agreement. He proposed concluding such a deal to Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo during their meeting in Armenia in early May. Negotiations continued throughout the summer and into early autumn.
For Ukraine, the agreement opens up additional opportunities to scale up domestic defense developments in cooperation with Finnish industry, and Finland will be able to use Ukrainian combat experience to develop its defense capabilities.
“Ukraine has developed its defense capabilities and defense industry in such a way that we in Finland have something to learn from it,” Orpo stated.
According to him, the agreement will not only make it possible to support Ukraine’s defense but also help Finland develop its own defense industry and prepare its army for more technology-driven warfare.
Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen stated that the agreement opens up “significant opportunities” both for the Finnish defense industry and for strengthening Ukraine’s defense capabilities.
Stubb on the X platform wrote, that Finnish defense companies are ready for the joint production of defense products.
The “Drone Deal” agreement on August 23 signed Ukraine and Norway.In July, the EU launched …a drone deal with Ukraine and allocated €1 billion for drones.Ukraine [has concluded] similar agreements concluded with Estonia, the Netherlands, Denmark, and through LithuaniaThe Ukrainian Armed Forces have successfully repelled Russian attacks near the settlements of Bilohorivka, Verkhniokamianske, and Spirne.
This is a machine translation of the original article in Ukrainian. It may contain errors.