Today, Mark Rutte was in Ukraine, together with ambassadors of all NATO member states. The Ukraine–NATO Council met.

Our partners have decided on new contributions to the PURL initiative – they are coming in June. This will help. We are also doing everything possible to accelerate Europe’s work on its own anti-ballistic capabilities – it is essential that Europe has its own systems, its own missiles for protection. The capacity to build an anti-ballistic system in Europe exists, and all the necessary conditions for production are there as well. Political decisions must be implemented as quickly as possible.

I am grateful to every country that is working with us on this task – France, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, and others. Europe will truly become stronger when this is achieved. Not if, but when. And it will happen, but time matters greatly, and we must be more agile. We discussed with the NATO Secretary General the NATO Summit in Ankara – Ukraine has been invited, and we will be represented. And the key is for the Summit to deliver results for Ukraine. Anti-ballistic defense is one of the potential outcomes.