Overview
- Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro made his first official visit to Kyiv, meeting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and parliamentary speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk.
- A joint statement established a partnership to produce maritime unmanned systems, expanding defense-industrial cooperation.
- Portugal backed Ukraine’s use of the PURL mechanism to procure U.S. weapons, including Patriot missiles, and supported the EU’s €90 billion financial guarantee for 2026–2027.
- Montenegro announced Portugal’s first contribution to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund as both sides discussed energy security needs.
- The statement condemned Russian aggression, urged full legal accountability and retention of frozen Russian assets, and reaffirmed support for opening EU accession negotiation clusters and deeper interparliamentary ties.