On Tuesday, July 16, the governments of Ukraine and the Czech Republic at a joint meeting in Prague entered into two agreements on joint production of weapons.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal announced this at a press conference.
– Today at the joint meeting we focused on such key aspects as defense support and military-technical cooperation, interaction between governments on projects for the restoration of Ukraine, foreign policy and economic cooperation, cooperation in the humanitarian sphere, medicine and a number of others directions,” he noted.
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Cooperation between the Czech Republic and Ukraine in the military-industrial complex
The Prime Minister noted that together with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala “discussed the supply of new types of weapons to the Ukrainian army, the training and rehabilitation of the Ukrainian military, new joint projects in the field of military-industrial complex”.
— Today there are two important agreements among other agreements in the field of the defense industry itself. A new cartridge factory will be built in Ukraine – an agreement was signed between Sellier & Bellot and Ukroboronservis,” Shmygal emphasized.
He emphasized that this is an agreement between Česká zbrojovka and the corresponding Ukrainian enterprise, the name of which, given the risks, Shmygal did not disclose. The document provides for the production of Colt CZ Group assault rifles in Ukraine.
According to him, the signing of such agreements “demonstrates a high level of interest in cooperation with our defense industry”.
— There are good prospects and we hope for joint projects for the production of ammunition in the Czech Republic or in safe places in Ukraine. And also for general repairs of MI type helicopters in the Czech Republic,” he added.
In turn, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that one of the areas of cooperation could also be the modernization and construction of new nuclear units, in particular, the Czech Republic could supply components for nuclear power plants.
Schmigal also noted that at the meeting, a total of 5 agreements and memorandums were signed, in particular on cooperation in the fight against crime, joint work in the field of energy and the development of the space industry. In addition, a memorandum was signed between the Ministry of Health of our country and the Czech Republic – the states will jointly implement the construction of rehabilitation centers and equip our hospitals with new modern equipment.
