Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said this at the Ukraine–Nordic-Baltic Eight summit, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

The Latvian prime minister noted that, in the months since the Drone Deal was signed, the two sides had moved on to practical steps.

“The first step is that, together with President Zelensky, we need to agree on a ‘green corridor’ for specific Ukrainian companies so that they can provide their technologies,” Kulbergs said.

The second step, he said, is the establishment of production facilities.

“We already have three specific companies that have signed memoranda of understanding and are ready to start setting up production facilities this year in cooperation with Latvian industry,” the Latvian prime minister said.

According to him, this will be implemented using the relevant funding, as well as a loan that the EU is providing to Ukraine.

In addition, Kulbergs said that Ukrainian specialists had visited Latvia to assess its anti-drone capabilities.

“We have identified specific equipment that we lack to ensure these capabilities in line with Ukrainian standards, and now we need to discuss how to obtain the necessary equipment and accelerate its delivery to Latvia to build the best possible capabilities to protect our skies from drones,” the prime minister said.

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He added that these were “three concrete steps that we are taking now.”

As previously reported by Ukrinform, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs signed the Drone Deal in Tallinn on June 9.