On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Alphabet Inc. and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
The Head of State thanked him and the entire Google team for helping our country since the first days of full-scale Russian aggression. In particular, he noted the decision to allocate additional $10 million to support Ukrainian startups.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy also emphasized the importance of Google's cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine on the Diia app and the Mriia educational digital project.
Special attention was paid to Ukraine's cooperation with Google in the field of cybersecurity. The President emphasized the important role of Google and YouTube in the fight against Russian propaganda and disinformation.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the appointment of the head of Google's Ukrainian office.
"This will be a powerful signal for global businesses to develop cooperation with our country," he said.
