Ukraine wants to cooperate with Spain in military-technical field

First Deputy Secretary of the National Defense and Security Council of Ukraine Oleh Hladkovsky said this in Madrid during the talks with the leadership of Spanish Defence Ministry, Economy Ministry and Foreign Ministry on expansion of the Ukrainian-Spanish defence cooperation, the Council’s press service reports.

"I believe that it is now time to focus our attention on strengthening the Ukrainian-Spanish cooperation in military-technical field. In particular, it could be establishment of joint ventures involving projects of the Spanish military-industrial complex, design of components of military products at the Ukrainian facilities for the needs of the Spanish Defence Ministry, involving the Ukrainian design bureaus in joint projects," Hladkovsky said.

During the meeting with Spanish Secretary of State for Defence Pedro Argüelles Salaverria, the Ukrainian side stressed the importance of concluding and signing the agreements on military-technical cooperation between Spain and Ukraine, which would lay a full legal basis for expansion of bilateral defence cooperation.

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