Washington has not agreed to allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot air defense interceptors.

Axar.az reports, citing US News, that U.S. President Donald Trump made the remarks.

"We have not agreed to that," Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting when asked about granting Ukraine a license to produce Patriot systems.

"We're talking about it. But it's a hard thing to give away that kind of technology," he said.

"I don't think this would ever happen, but you know there's people that, you give that technology, they can someday turn on you," Trump added. "You look at war, that's happened a couple of times over the years, right? So we have to be very careful."

Earlier this month, on the sidelines of the NATO summit, Trump had said, "We'll give them the right to make Patriots."

Trump said he discussed the issue with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting in Washington on Tuesday.