Parliament ratifies defense agreement with Poland

The Verkhovna Rada has ratified the General Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Poland on cooperation in the defense sector.  

A total of 230 MPs voted for the adoption of corresponding draft resolution No.0145, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

The agreement was signed on December 2, 2016 in Warsaw and envisages the legal basis for expanding Ukrainian-Polish cooperation in the defense industry in a number of areas, including military communication and information systems, conducting research works for the needs of the armed forces, defense policy and planning, logistic support of the armed forces, military engineering work, military infrastructure, development, modernization, manufacturing and supply of defense equipment, cooperation in the field of defense industry, operational special forces etc.

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