Ukraine delegation Türkiye air defense and defense industry cooperation, Digi Mart USA News: Ukrainian Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Pavlo Palisa said in a statement posted to his Telegram channel that he held critical talks in Türkiye on protecting Ukraine’s airspace, strengthening air defense systems and new technological solutions.
Palisa said he discussed the practical implementation of understandings reached during the recent visit by President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with National Defense Minister Yaşar Güler. He stressed that strengthening air defense remains one of Ukraine’s main priorities and that political decisions must quickly turn into concrete results.
Palisa also said a meeting with Defense Industry Chairman Prof. Dr.
Haluk Görgün and Turkish defense companies was very concrete and productive. He added that joint projects and technological cooperation that could increase defense capacity were placed on the table.
During the visit, the Ukrainian delegation toured a military training ground with Turkish officials, where representatives of the Machinery and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE) presented the TOLGA close-range air defense system. The source notes that Zelensky visited Türkiye on October 31 at Erdoğan’s invitation and that the leaders discussed restoring freedom of navigation in the Black Sea.
