The governments of Ukraine and the Czech Republic signed two agreements on the joint production of weapons at a joint meeting in Prague on Tuesday, July 16. This was announced by Denys Shmyhal on press conference.
According to him, he and the 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 the military industry."
"Today we have signed two important agreements among other agreements in the sphere of the defense industry, in fact. A new cartridge factory will be built in Ukraine - an agreement was signed between Sellier & Bellot and "Ukroboronservice", Shmyhal announced.
The second agreement concerns the production of assault rifles by Colt CZ Group in Ukraine.
"This is an agreement between Česká zbrojovka and the relevant Ukrainian enterprise, for security reasons I will not name it now", - added the Prime Minister of Ukraine.
According to him, the signing of such agreements "demonstrates a high level of interest in cooperation with our defense industry."
Earlier, the President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel spoke about the details of the "projectile initiative": in July-August, another 50 ammunition should arrive in Ukraine, and from September to the end of the year, 80 to 100 will be delivered per month.
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