Australia will supply gunpowder, and the French arms company Nexter will produce ammunition.
France and Australia will jointly produce 155-mm caliber shells for further delivery to Ukraine.
This was announced by French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu, reports the Guardian.< /p>
According to him, the two countries have agreed to cooperate to manufacture “several thousand” 155mm shells to help Ukraine, which he hopes can start arriving in the first quarter of this year.
It is known that Australia will supply gunpowder, and the French armaments company Nexter will produce ammunition.
In turn, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles announced a “multi-million dollar Australian project” and a “new cooperation” between Australians and the French in the defense industry.
Marles told reporters the decision was meant to show “how important it is for Australia and France to support Ukraine in the current conflict.”
#Australia | Entretien de @MinColonna & @SebLecornu avec leurs homologues @RichardMarlesMP & @SenatorWong
Excellente reunion du 2+2 qui témoigne de la reprise de la relation et marque le reforcement de notre engagement commun dans le #Pacifique & pour l' #actionclimatique. pic.twitter.com/mDfBvu8Pir
– France Diplomatie (@francediplo) January 30, 2023
How distant Australia supports Ukraine
Previously reported that a contingent of 70 Australian troops will be deployed to the UK to train Ukrainian defenders.
Total Australian financial support for Ukraine at the end of 2022 exceeded $655 million, including $475 million military assistance.
Also, Australia provided the Ukrainian defenders with well-proven Bushmaster armored personnel carriers, in particular during the counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region.
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