Today, We Are Laying the Foundation for the Architecture of Recovery - Speech by the President at the G7+ Ukraine Meeting

I'm grateful to all of you for your unity in protecting lives. We do value the G7 security declaration and the 26 bilateral security agreements, which fortify us all. And now, more than 30 countries and the EU have agreed to the declaration, truly strong declaration focused on rebuilding Ukraine after the hostilities.

The parties also focused on the implementation of the bilateral security agreement, as well as the Peace Formula, preparations for the second Peace Summit, cooperation within the Ukraine-NATO framework and progress in negotiations on signing the agreement on transition to a stronger and deeper partnership.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held meetings with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and President of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister of Cameroon (2009-2019) Philémon Yang.

Special attention was paid to maintaining sanctions pressure on Russia and preventing any attempts to circumvent those sanctions.

The main topics of the meeting included the further enhancement of Ukraine's air defense system and the training of Ukrainian military personnel.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about the implementation of the decisions of the first Peace Summit, in particular, the work based on individual points of the Peace Formula, and preparations for the second Summit, he also invited the President of the Republic of South Africa to take part in it.