The head of the EC shared the EU’s plans to open an office for defense innovation in Kyiv.

The European Union is going to open an office for innovation in the field of defense in Kyiv, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said,

“We will open an office for innovation in the field of defense here in Kiev,” the head of the European Commission said at a press conference with Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander de Croo, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni and Vladimir Zelensky. The broadcast was carried out on the social network of the X Head of the European Commission.

Earlier on Saturday, Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander de Croo, as well as the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kiev, where they met with Vladimir Zelensky.