“No other country in the world will offer you such a chance to use the most advanced technologies at state level,” assured President Zelensky, virtually present at VivaTech, the major Parisian show for start-ups and technology.
"Ukraine is a chance for you", repeated the Ukrainian president, who wishes to benefit from a form of "lend-lease", on the model of that provided by the United States during the Second World War to help the European countries at war.
“We will be proposing digital lend-lease in the coming weeks at a reconstruction conference in Lugano, Switzerland,” he said.
In a khaki outfit, Zelenski admitted that it was "unusual for a president or a head of government to speak by hologram".
But "it's not the only element of + Star Wars + that we will put into practice, we will beat the Empire too," said the former actor, referring to Russia.
Ukraine often highlights its advanced level of digitization of the state, which has enabled it to better resist the Russian offensive.
The entrance to the VivaTech show in Paris, June 15, 2022 BERTRAND GUAY AFP
This digitization allows it, for example, to continue to issue payments in war zones, which would be impossible with a traditional organization, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhaïlo Fedorov recently explained.
VivaTech brings together for four days, until Saturday, in Paris, start-ups and large groups, for a large exhibition at Porte de Versailles dedicated to innovation and digital technology.
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