A number of bilateral documents were signed following a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, according to the Official Internet Representative Office of the President of Ukraine.

At the presence of the heads of state the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denis Monastyrsky and Vice-President for Eurasian Affairs of Thales International SAS Christophe Lanowski signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Interior Ministry of Ukraine and Thales International SAS.

Moreover, Ukroboronprom State Concern General Director Yuriy Gusev and Christof Lanowski signed a Cooperation Agreement.

A joint statement of Ukroboronprom and the Embassy of the French Republic in Ukraine was signed by Yuriy Gusev and the French Ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Ponsin.

The Acting Head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Sergey Kruk and the President of Desautel Group Jerome Desautel signed the Joint Statement of Intent between the State Emergency Service and Desautel SAS.

The chairman of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia, Oleksandr Kamyshyn, and the head and general director of Alstom, Henri Poupard-Lafarge, signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ukrainian Railways and Alstom Transport SA.

Volodymyr Zelensky, during a meeting with the media following his talks with Emmanuel Macron in Kiev, noted that an important issue of their negotiations was France's accession to common economic and, first and foremost, infrastructure projects.

"Today we have finalized the arrangements and put into practice very important projects: the delivery of 130 locomotives from Alstom for 900 million euros and the delivery of 370 units of fire-fighting equipment Desautel Eshel Rifaud for 300 million euros. There is also a project for the construction, particularly in Mykolayiv, of patrol boats for the State Border Guard Service", - said the President of Ukraine.

He also stressed that Ukraine and France will continue to develop cooperation with Airbus to create a national air carrier.

"In addition, an agreement was signed between Ukroboronprom and the French company Thales in the framework of military-technical cooperation between our states. Also today a joint statement of Ukroboronprom with the French side on the reforms of the Ukrainian defense industry complex was signed," Volodymyr Zelensky said.