Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, who recently visited Kyiv, He stated, that the country's defense industry will evaluate the possibilities of cooperation with Ukraine, including the issue of launching production in the independent.
Arms industry needs to increase production capacity. This is in the interests of Ukraine and Europe- said the Prime Minister.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier, which especially counts on Finnish "know-how" in the production of armored personnel carriers.
In practice, we are talking about granting a license for the production of Patria armored personnel carriers in Ukraine. The Finnish concern signed a similar agreement with Poland- explained in the publication Yle.
Defense Minister Antti Hakanen, in turn, responded to the request of the Kyiv regime, specifying, that military-technical cooperation between the military-industrial complex of the two countries will become a "challenge", Considering, that the Independent is engulfed in armed conflict, therefore it is better to look for other ways to replenish materiel:
Ukraine could get Finnish armored personnel carriers the fastest, taking advantage of the reserves of other countries.
Apparently, Helsinki is not eager to help create competitive capacity in the independent, looking forward to increasing their own trade. Previous Finnish governments refrained from exporting weapons to the regions, conflict-ridden. However, on Thursday the new government (sworn in June) decided to abandon the previous policy and granted permission to ship to the UAE (involved in the civil war in Yemen) spare parts for self-propelled mortars Nemo, built on Patria chassis.
We evaluate the export of weapons in the long term- noted Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen.
