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Qatar, Ukraine Seal Defense Deal Covering Drones, Missiles
(MENAFN) Qatar and Ukraine have formalized a sweeping defense cooperation agreement, signing the landmark deal in Doha on Saturday to deepen military and technological collaboration, Qatar's Ministry of Defense confirmed in an official statement.
The accord was sealed during a high-level meeting between Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs, Sheikh Saud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al-Thani, and Rustem Umerov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council — bringing together two nations navigating an increasingly volatile global security landscape.
Both delegations used the summit to assess the rapidly shifting regional security environment and explore concrete mechanisms for strengthening joint defense coordination amid mounting international pressures.
At its core, the agreement targets several critical domains: technological cooperation, co-developed defense projects, mutual defense investments, and structured expertise exchanges — with a particular emphasis on countering missile threats and unmanned aerial systems, areas of acute strategic relevance to Ukraine's ongoing conflict.
The signing arrives against a backdrop of sharply escalating regional instability. Joint U.S.-Israeli military strikes against Iran, which commenced on Feb. 28, have triggered a wave of retaliatory attacks by Iran and its regional allies on Israeli and U.S. assets across the Middle East — further raising the stakes for defense partnerships throughout the region.
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