Ukrinform
June 17, 2015
Defense Ministry wants to produce weapons with NATO
KYIV: Ukraine and NATO should determine ways to use capacity of the Ukrainian military and industrial complex in order to produce necessary weapons and equipment.
Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine for European Integration Ihor Dolhov said this during the Strategic Discussion Club “Ukraine-NATO: Diagnosing the Partnership” in Kyiv on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.
“We have finished the cooperation with Russia. Consequently, now we need weapons, including lethal and non-lethal, which we hope to receive, sooner or later, on a bilateral basis. But at the same time, we need to think how to establish production of necessary types of equipment and weapons at our facilities with help of partners from the NATO member states,” he said.
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