The issue of U.S. supplies to Ukraine of Javelin anti-tank missile systems was not on the agenda of the meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, the Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko, said in an interview with Fox News.
“We had a very impressive meeting with President Trump. I admire his leadership. He made a very strong signal from the podium of the General Assembly of the United Nations, focusing on Ukraine and addressing Russia to stop the aggression,” Poroshenko told Fox News.
Answering a host’s question on whether his meeting with Donald Trump held behind closed doors touched upon the supplies of defense weapons; in particular, Javelin anti-tank missile systems, Poroshenko said, “We had a very productive discussion [with Donald Trump],” adding that Ukraine itself produces “very effective” anti-tank missiles.
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“We have a firm commitment from our U.S. partners [regarding military technical assistance]. We were not talking, frankly speaking, about Javelins because we produce [anti-tank missiles], but we were talking about radio [electronic] warfare equipment to make efficient the actions of my armed forces and to save lives of my forces, and to increase responsibility for Putin if he makes a decision to attack my army positions,” said Poroshenko, stressing that Ukraine would not “allow” such moves.
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