The cooperation and security agreement signed today with Ukraine includes Portugal’s commitment to provide Kiev with military support of at least 126 million euros this year, including financial and in-kind contributions.
In this agreement signed in Lisbon, in São Bento, between the Portuguese Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, and the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, which has a ten-year horizon, it is also stressed that “Portugal will contribute additional military support to Ukraine, including that to be agreed within the framework of the European Union, NATO and other relevant international out”.
“Since 2022, Portugal supported of shape comprehensive a Ukraine, bilaterally e through of Union European e of NATO, through of supply of equipment military lethal e no lethal, including cars of combat Leopard 2A6, systems of vehicles air no manned (UAV), vehicles armored of transportation of staff M113, vehicles armored of help e evacuation doctor M577, e another equipment military. Portugal é yet part of Coalition F-16, of Coalition International of Capabilities Maritime, e of programs of acquisition joint of ammunition of large caliber led by Republic Czech e by Agency European of Defense”, refers to in document.
Portugal e Ukraine, “with others partners”, commit to a work in set “to ensure that the forces of security e defense of Ukraine are capable of restore a integrity territorial of Ukraine inside of their borders internationally recognized since 1991, well as to contribute to a your modernization, of mode a increase a your capacity of answer a any possible aggression armed e a your interoperability with the forces of NATO”, he adds.
Then in preamble of agreement bilateral, in a chapter more political, the two countries “condemn vehemently a war of aggression illegal, no provoked, unjustified e brutal of Federation Russian against a Ukraine, that constitutes a threat à peace e security international e a violation flagrant of Law International, including of Letter of Nations United, of Minutes Final of Helsinki e of Letter of Paris”.
“Portugal supports unshakably a freedom, independence, sovereignty e integrity territorial of Ukraine, inside of their borders internationally recognized in 1991, including o sea territorial, e recognizes o law inherent of Ukraine à legitimate defense, in compliance with o Article 51.º of Letter of Nations United”, underline in text.
In that respects a shapes of cooperation, in this agreement it is expected a “support structural à retirement of sector of defense, including support à governance of defense e policies to support o Ministry of Defense of Ukraine; training of forces of security e defense Ukrainians, a title national e in frame European, including programs of training of trainers; e support to meet a threats hybrids, including initiatives of cyber defense e of resilience”.
Portugal will give yet “assistance to system Ukrainian of support doctor, to o treatment e rehabilitation of staff of forces of defense; support to development of forces of security e defense of Ukraine, including through of improvement of interoperability with the standards of NATO; e equipment military, including through of cooperation industrial, weapons, equipment e goods of defense us domains terrestrial, aerial, maritime, cyber e space, giving priority to main needs of skills of Ukraine”.
In this commitment, “Portugal will continue a provide support military à Ukraine in a base bilateral e through of instruments multilateral, including by medium of Package of Assistance Comprehensive à Ukraine of NATO (CAP), of Fund of Assistance à Ukraine of Union European (UAF) in frame of Ease of use European to a Peace (EPF) e of other coalitions of capabilities”.
“Portugal, jointly with the their partners international, will continue a participate e a commit actively in formats international, such as o Group of Contact of Defense of Ukraine (UDCG), to coordinate narrowly o support military international à Ukraine”, he adds.
