During his official visit to Finland, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks with Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen and Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir.
This is reported by the Office of the President of Ukraine.
The key emphasis during the talks with Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen was on comprehensive support for Ukraine in its fight against the Russian aggressor.
The Head of State personally thanked the Prime Minister of Denmark for the Fund recently established in that country to support Ukraine.
The President emphasized the importance of defense assistance from Denmark and, in particular, the announcement of the largest aid package from this country in the amount of DKK 1.7 billion yesterday.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the prompt transfer of Caesar self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine and Denmark's active participation in the international tank coalition, as well as joint decisions with the Netherlands to purchase Leopard-2 and Leopard-1 tanks for our country.
Particular attention was paid to the involvement of Copenhagen in the implementation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula.
While discussing current issues of Ukraine's European and Euro-Atlantic integration, Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of starting negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU by the end of this year and outlined the ambitious expectations of the Ukrainian side from the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius.
During his visit to Finland, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in the Nordic-Ukrainian Summit held in Helsinki.
The meeting was also attended by: President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö, Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre and Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson.
Following the Summit, the leaders of the Nordic countries and Ukraine agreed on a Joint Statement.