- Title: Ukraine's Kuleba seeks urgent air defence support from the G7
- Date: 18th April 2024
- Summary: CAPRI, ITALY (APRIL 18, 2024) (REUTERS) UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, DMYTRO KULEBA, IN FRONT OF GRAND HOTEL QUISISANA, VENUE OF G7 FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, DMYTRO KULEBA, SAYING: "I think it's crucial to identify the strategy. The strategy in Israel seems, the strategy of our partners in Israel, seems to be in preventing damage and death. And this is why they found a way to effectively intercept and shoot down Iranian missiles. So far, in the last months, the strategy of our partners in Ukraine seems to be in helping to recover from damage and minimise future and express sympathy over the death of civilians. And these are two different strategies. So our job today is to find a way where our partners will design a mechanism, a way that will allow also to avoid death and destruction in Ukraine and not to recover from it." G7 ITALY PIN ON KULEBA'S JACKET (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, DMYTRO KULEBA, SAYING: "So today I came here mainly to speak about providing Ukraine with more air defence systems and missiles. And G7 has the capacity to do it. G7 has been making some extraordinary decisions. G7 is interested in defending the world that Ukraine defends against Russian attack. So all we have to do is to, you know, make things happen." CAMERA (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, DMYTRO KULEBA, SAYING: "I'm always hopeful because if you are not hopeful, you will not win the war. But we have a very detailed agenda with the NATO Secretary General (Jens Stoltenberg). My main priority will be air defence. He is trying his best to help Ukraine receive more batteries." VARIOUS OF GRAND HOTEL QUISISANA EXTERIORS
- Embargoed: 2nd May 2024 11:00
- Keywords: CAPRI DMYTRO KULEBA EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN MINISTERS G7 IRAN NATO RUSSIA UKRAINE
- Location: CAPRI, ITALY
- City: CAPRI, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Europe,G7,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001612718042024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Ukraine urged G7 countries to provide more air defence systems, as they have done in Israel, Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said in an interview on Thursday (April 18) on the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers summit in Capri.
According to Kuleba, Western countries are adopting "two different strategies" in Israel and Ukraine.
Kuleba said the West had a different attitude towards Israel than his own country, noting that when Iran launched missiles and drones towards Israel on Saturday, U.S., British and French forces helped down them.
"The strategy of our partners in Israel seems to be in preventing damage and death. ... In the last months, the strategy of our partners in Ukraine seems to be in helping (us) to recover from damage," he said ahead of the Capri talks.
"So our job today is to find a way where our partners will design a mechanism, a way that will allow us also to avoid death and destruction in Ukraine."
The war in Ukraine will be a central topic of discussion in the G7 foreign ministers' summit, with a session dedicated to the issue on Thursday (April 18) afternoon. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is also expected to take part in the meeting.
The Group of Seven includes Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States, as well as the European Union. Italy currently holds the presidency of the G7.
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