President Volodymyr Zelensky met Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on the NATO-partner sidelines, focusing on two deliverables:
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Joint Investment Vehicle – NZ firms and sovereign funds to co-finance Ukrainian assembly lines for UAVs, artillery electronics and counter-drone systems. A feasibility team lands in Kyiv next month.
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Pacific “Shahed-Stop” Initiative – Wellington will mobilise its Pacific partners at the UN and in export-control forums to disrupt Iran’s drone-component procurement, tightening maritime inspections and banking controls.
Luxon confirmed a new humanitarian & military package (details under wraps) and reiterated Kiwi backing for Ukraine’s Peace Formula. Zelensky invited a New Zealand trade-defence mission to the July Reconstruction Conference in Rome.
