Ukrainian president meets with leaders of E5 Group

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Sir Keir Starmer joins European leaders for a meeting between the NATO Secretary General and the president of Ukraine during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague. Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00And I think the message that comes out of this summit is clear.

00:04NATO's commitment to Ukraine endures.

00:08And it is now in the summit declaration with a clear link to the money.

00:12And I think that is important for the next five to ten years.

00:15Not that we expect the fight to take so long.

00:18But that whatever is necessary, we will keep you in the fight.

00:22So words matter, but it's not just words.

00:25We also provide unprecedented practical and political support.

00:29And our partnership, I think, is for NATO one of our most substantial.

00:34And that means that we will also continue to provide extensive military assistance.

00:40Several nations at this table here today, and many other allies,

00:45have already made substantial pledges recently, including air defense systems,

00:50tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, artillery systems, drones, naval systems and munitions.

00:56So that is good news.

00:57I think these are crucial to support Ukraine's fight for freedom.

01:01And I personally strongly welcome them.

01:03We have NATO's comprehensive assistance package.

01:06We have now more than 70 projects running to build Ukraine's future forces and security sector.

01:11So all of this brings Ukraine closer to NATO.

01:15It is building the bridge.

01:17And it means that you can count on us now and in the future, so that you can defend yourself,

01:23that you are stronger at the negotiating table, that you can deter aggression in the future,

01:28and on your irreversible path into NATO.

01:31We support you now and throughout the challenges I've had.

01:35No one needs your peace more than Ukraine.

01:38I think we are all agreeing on this.

01:40We are all agreeing with our friends, our big friends of Ukraine and Ukrainian people.

01:44We are so thankful to you that you are with us.

01:47I wanted to say still, but I feel that it's a continuation.

01:52I thank you for your big support to our people, to our soldiers, really, really heroic people.

01:59And it's also great that we can count on you and all the members of NATO, allies, but we are very thankful to you.

02:07It's not about just discussions.

02:09It was about decisions.

02:11And my congratulations to this summit.

02:13And we are very proud that we have been invited.

02:18And of course Russia pushes, pushed a lot of signals about our links and about our relations.

02:26And so thank you very much.

02:28And our participation here shows real strong support from you and strongness with us.

02:35Thank you for this.

02:36Thank you for, again, Mark Eyre, defense, and you did a lot.

02:40And our partners, thank you very much.

02:42Air defense, jets training missions, and EU packages.

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