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Well, thanks a lot for inviting me here. Still young but experienced.

Commissioner, and really it's a pleasure to be here. Dear Mustafa, dear Ambassador, dear all.

It is really a pleasure to see all of you here in Brussels,

and congratulations on setting this warm up.

Often here in Brussels, the discussion is about bringing Europe to Ukraine.

But today you are bringing Ukraine to Europe.

As ambassador to the Ukrainian defense industry, This is really great.

We need much more of Ukraine inside the European Union.

In my view, Waram needs to become, in its agenda,

broader than just a representation of those Ukrainian companies which are producing drones or some other innovative weapons systems. Why am I talking about that?

Because I know As Europeans,

we need to learn from Ukraine not only how to produce drones.

For example, in Ukraine, we see drone producers working very closely with drone operators on the front line.

Some of your companies are establishing battalions of drone operators who are becoming part of a regular drone army.

That brings business type dynamism of your industries into the actions of a regular army.

That creates a totally different drone defense ecosystem,

very dynamic and much more innovative than we see here in the majority of the European Union and perhaps NATO Member States.

And that your experience in the creation of such an ecosystem.

Is broader and more important than just experience of industrial production of drones.

A clear lesson to Europe such an ecosystem cannot be created without active leadership of the drone industry.

That is what our drone industry needs to learn, not only to produce drones, but also to create the whole ecosystem of drone defense,

and in order for us to learn that, this warm up is going to play a crucial role.

The hub needs to be ready to play this much broader role.

I would call even for becoming an academy of Ukrainian war battle tested industrial experience.

I hope this will help to serve not only Existing demand for both on Ukraine and, most importantly,

on the EU side, but also the activities of the hub will help to transform European demand as such.

I would like to see ZAP very actively engaging in all the activities related to the implementation of the pan European defense projects for common interests,

especially those where Ukraine as a country is participating,

like Eastern Flank Watch, drone defense initiative and near missile defense.

Europe is waiting for the success of two anti-ballistic projects led by Ukraine and accompanied by European Union companies,

projects like FRIE and BLIXEM. Also, I'm absolutely sure.

The GP will be of great assistance in the implementation of the European Union and Ukraine drone deal and of the pact on strategic defense industrial Partnership,

which we are now working on.

You know that there is a European Union Defence Innovation Office in Kiev.

I hope that it's helpful in order to keep our relations and also maybe allowing Ukraine to learn something about European innovations.

But the time comes for us to have the Ukrainian Defense Innovation Centre here in Brussels.

I am absolutely sure that this gap, warm up,

is a first step towards such a perspective. So congratulations and Slavo Greer.