Zelenskyy: Ukraine, Azerbaijan can establish very deep security cooperation

Ukraine has expressed readiness to deepen cooperation with Azerbaijan in the field of security and defence industry, while also highlighting the potential role of Azerbaijan as a venue for future diplomatic negotiations.

“Regarding the defense industry, security is a field where we can establish very deep cooperation. We must work very hard to achieve this goal,” said President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint press statement with Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, Caliber.Az reports via state media.

The Ukrainian president also referred to previous diplomatic formats involving international partners and suggested Azerbaijan could serve as a platform for future talks.

“We have held talks in trilateral and other formats. Some of them took place in Türkiye, and later we met with our American partners in Geneva. If the Russian side also chooses this diplomacy, we would also like to conduct our negotiations in Azerbaijan,” the President of Ukraine emphasised.