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Thank you very much, Antonio, thank you for your words, but my dear, your dear, this is
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a historic moment because it is the first ever EU-UK summit and it is a success. And
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this is also thanks to your leadership. And I really want to thank you for the leadership
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because it's not only about the summit day where we are here now in London, but it's
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all these weeks and months of preparation and hard work to get to the excellent result
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that we have. We're turning a page, we're opening a new chapter in our unique relationship
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This is the story of historical and natural partners standing side by side on the global
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stage, facing most of the same challenges, pursuing the same objectives, like-minded
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sharing the same balance, and thus we are looking for solutions that are beneficial for
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both our people and standing shoulder by shoulder when it comes to really getting to the solutions
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I want to have a look at the common understanding, which is basically the roadmap that we have
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agreed on to follow now after this summit. First, we have concluded our security and defense partnership
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This will boost our cooperation in security and defense initiatives. There are lots of topics covered for example on the defense industry but also military mobility peace building crisis management or the countering of high threats just to neighbor people
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And this is the first step towards UK participation in Europe's defense investment program
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We call it SAFE. It's 150 billion euros of loans for joint procurement, and this Security and Defense Partnership opens the door towards the joint procurement
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We develop a second step, but this joint procurement we discussed will increase our readiness, will close military gaps that we have
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and will increase, that's of most importance, our interoperability when our armed forces are going on missions together
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It will create new opportunities, of course, for our defense industries and, as I said, open the option for stronger, more coordinated support also for Ukraine
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That's important either through joint procurement of military capabilities that then are brought to Ukraine
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or for direct investment in Ukraine's defense industry. This is against the backdrop that we stand united
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behind Ukraine's fight for survival, and that we're strongly committed to a full and unconditional ceasefire
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leading to a just and lasting peace in Ukraine
