At meeting between Biden and Zelenskyy, historic decision was reached on joint production of weapons, - Ambassador Markarova

In Washington, Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed assistance to Ukraine and the situation on the battlefield with US President Joe Biden. They also reached an agreement on joint weapons production, which is currently being implemented by teams from both countries.

This was stated in an interview with Ukrinform by Ukraine's Ambassador to Washington, Oksana Markarova, Censor.NET reports.

"The presidents discussed assistance to Ukraine, the development of the situation on the battlefield - not only the capabilities we need and where to find them but also, and perhaps most importantly, a historic decision was reached on joint arms production," the ambassador said.

According to her, the agreements were practical. At the meeting, the presidents discussed and reached agreements, which are now being implemented by the teams of both countries.

Markarova stressed that this is a new format of cooperation in the field of defence production in Ukraine. The main areas that the two countries will work on are all defence technologies, including air defence.

"Today, we receive a lot of capabilities from the United States that are produced by American companies - from artillery to various equipment, vehicles, other types of weapons and air defence systems. Therefore, everything that we can work out with the companies for production in Ukraine will be supported at the level of the two countries and is now being developed as a joint programme," the ambassador said.

She also called Zelenskyy's visit to the United States "very successful" given the results of his meetings in New York and Washington.

The Ambassador also shared details of the President's meeting with members of the U.S. Congress, including the Speaker and party leaders of the House of Representatives and the party leadership of the Senate.

"It was extremely important to talk frankly behind closed doors with the leaders and members of both parties and chambers. The United States, as you know, has entered an active phase of the election process, and this certainly affects many things," the diplomat added.

It is important for Ukraine to maintain and deepen strong bipartisan support. "That is why the meetings in Congress and our work in general were aimed at this," Markarova concluded. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3447142