Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 25 Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency foreign correspondent reports: Ukraine** Zelensky signed a security cooperation agreement with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Italian Prime Minister Meloni in the capital Kiev on the 24th, and the agreement is valid for ten years. During the validity of the agreement, Canada and Italy will provide Ukraine with critical and long-term security commitments, as well as long-term military and financial support.
According to the official news released by Canada, Trudeau and Zelensky discussed the situation in Ukraine and the needs of the Ukrainian side in the coming months, and the Canadian side will provide Ukraine with 30 200 million Canadian dollars (1 Canadian dollar is about 53 yuan) financial and military support.
According to Ukraine's ***24**, Zelensky also discussed with Trudeau Canada's provision of new missile defense systems to Ukraine, the production and transfer of armored vehicles, energy cooperation between the two countries, and the reconstruction of Ukraine. Zelensky said at a joint press conference with Trudeau after the meeting that he also held a trilateral meeting with visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Belgian Prime Minister De Croo under the EU presidency and discussed issues such as launching the negotiation framework for Ukraine's accession to the EU.
According to Italy**, Meloni visited Kyiv on the 24th and signed a bilateral security cooperation agreement with Zelensky, including defense cooperation, military training and exercises, security and defense sector reform, economic assistance, support for Ukraine's reconstruction, humanitarian assistance, etc. According to the official information released by Italy, Italy provided 8 batches of military aid to Ukraine in 2022 and 2023, and intends to maintain the same scale of military aid in 2024. During her visit to Kyiv, Meloni also chaired the first meeting of the G7 leaders this year.
According to official Ukrainian information, Ukraine has previously signed similar security cooperation agreements with the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Denmark. (Reporter Li Dongxu, He Fei, Lin Wei).