00:00Qatar and Ukraine signed a defense agreement on Saturday during a visit by Ukrainian President
00:06Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Doha. A similar announcement was made earlier in the day on cooperation with
00:13the United Arab Emirates on defense, as the Ukrainian leader tours Gulf Arab states amid
00:19Iran's aerial campaign against its neighbors. Zelenskyy has this week visited Saudi Arabia,
00:26the UAE and Qatar. Ukraine's president has repeatedly said that what Ukraine needs first
00:32and foremost is air defense from Russia's ballistic missiles, in exchange for sharing
00:37his expertise and experience in countering Iranian drones. Qatar, together with Saudi Arabia, the UAE,
00:44Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait, sent official requests regarding possible cooperation with Ukraine over
00:51its drone countering expertise. Ukraine has sent over 200 drone countering experts to the region,
00:57the president said.
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