KIEV (Sputnik) — Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak said on Tuesday he had discussed with his Canadian counterpart Harjit Sajjan the 2018 Canadian military equipment imports to Ukraine and the construction of an ammunition plant in the country.
The Ukrainian minister added that the sides had also stressed the importance of continuation of a bilateral program aimed at training of Ukrainian servicemen.
Kiev has been considering the construction of the ammunition plant in Ukraine for several recent years. In July, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that Kiev would allocate some 1.4 billion hryvnias ($53 million) for construction of a NATO-standard ammunition production plant.
In April, an agreement on cooperation in the defense area was signed by Kiev and Ottawa outlining five major partnership aspects including defense research, material supplies, logistics, defense policies and military education.
