{"id":426468,"date":"2025-05-12T17:48:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2025\/05\/12\/difesa-protocollo-integrazione-ucraina-ue\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T18:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:33:18","slug":"defence-protocol-for-ukraines-industrial-integration-into-the-eu-signed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/05\/12\/defence-protocol-for-ukraines-industrial-integration-into-the-eu-signed\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence, protocol for Ukraine&#8217;s industrial integration into the EU signed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Ukraine&#8217;s economic integration into the single European defence market\u00a0<\/strong>is now\u00a0possible. Kyiv&#8217;s Minister of Strategic Industries, <span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Herman Smetanin<\/span><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">signed<strong>\u00a0the<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0Memorandum of Understanding<\/strong> linking the country&#8217;s companies to the <span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">European Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asd-europe.org\/about-asd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ASD<\/a>) for a new industry cooperation season.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Under the protocol<span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">,<strong>\u00a0partnerships<\/strong>\u00a0between Ukrainian defence companies and ASD members will be possible<\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">making<strong>\u00a0i<\/strong><\/span><strong>t<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0easier for them to take advantage of EU resources<\/strong> made available by the <a href=\"https:\/\/defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu\/eu-defence-industry\/european-defence-fund-edf-official-webpage-european-commission_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Defence\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu\/eu-defence-industry\/european-defence-fund-edf-official-webpage-european-commission_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fund\u00a0<\/a>or<\/span>\u00a0the research program, Horizon Europe.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">As a first result of the freshly signed agreement, which took place at the <a href=\"https:\/\/2nd-eu-ukraine-defence-industry.b2match.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second forum<\/a> of the EU-Ukraine defence industry, ASD has launched an online platform (&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asd-europe.org\/focus-areas\/connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ASD Connect<\/a>&#8220;) that aims to bring supply and demand together so as to make it better for Ukrainian companies to participate.<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LkoKmKbXZt\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/04\/15\/connact-keywords-for-european-defence-are-invest-innovate-and-cooperate\/\">ConnAct, keywords for European defence are &#8220;invest, innovate, and cooperate&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;ConnAct, keywords for European defence are &#8220;invest, innovate, and cooperate&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Eunews\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/04\/15\/connact-keywords-for-european-defence-are-invest-innovate-and-cooperate\/embed\/#?secret=rqiRiHEjIY#?secret=LkoKmKbXZt\" data-secret=\"LkoKmKbXZt\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The memorandum of understanding is valid for three years, and is renewable<\/strong>. In 2027, the situation will be assessed, but in the meantime, the European Union is trying to hold on to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/03\/14\/white-paper-on-defense-joint-eu-procurement-and-industrial-integration-with-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine&#8217;s economic-industrial integration promise contained in the European Commission&#8217;s defence white paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">&#8220;We notice a strong interest from European companies and associations in the Ukrainian defence industry, and <strong>this interest is mutual<\/strong>,&#8221; stressed a satisfied <strong>Smetanin<\/strong>. After all, he clarifies, the goal is just that: &#8220;We aim to develop partnerships that benefit both sides.&#8221; The Ukrainian Minister for Strategic Industries assures that the domestic sector will play its part: &#8220;We can strengthen our partners with our experience, expertise, and our ability to quickly adapt to the needs of the front and implement innovations at lightning speed.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A clear reference to the ongoing war against Russia, cited explicitly\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Ja<\/strong><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><strong>n Pie<\/strong>, secretary general of ASD: &#8220;In the context of Russia&#8217;s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine and its people,\u00a0<strong>the European defence industry plays a key role in supporting the stated commitments of EU and NATO members to assist Ukraine, as long as necessary<\/strong>, in its struggle for territorial integrity and self-determination.&#8221; In that sense, Pie emphasised, the protocol &#8220;highlights our unwavering solidarity with Ukraine and our willingness to support its efforts to develop its defence industry and integrate it into the European defence industrial and technological base.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The agreement signed by Kyiv&#8217;s Minister of Strategic Industries, Herman Smetanin, and the Association of Industries (ASD). Three-year-long, renewable agreement. Easier partnerships and easier access to EU funds for Kyiv<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":426453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30809],"tags":[30670,27358,31208,25744,29288,31209,26403,25745,30548,30781],"class_list":["post-426468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","tag-asd-en","tag-herman-smetanin-en","tag-industry-en","tag-integration-en","tag-jan-pie-and","tag-war-russia-in-ukraine-en","tag-safety-en","tag-ukraine-in-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426468"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426482,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426468\/revisions\/426482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}