“The First All-Ukrainian forum of private defense enterprises is an important step that strengthens the defense of our country”

– The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchinov stressed in an interview to journalists after the opening of the Forum on September 28 in Kyiv, in the territory of the plant “Practice”.

Mr. Turchynov reminded that cooperation with private sector enterprises started from the first days of confrontation with the aggressor. The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine stressed that today, on the one hand, a system of cooperation between state defense enterprises and defense sector enterprises is being created, on the other hand, private enterprises “give impetus to competition”. “As a result, the quality of products improves and its price decreases,” O. Turchinov said. He also called it very important that private companies are actively working on developing promising models of new military equipment and weapons.

According to him, a significant part of the State Defense Order is executed by private enterprises of the defense industry.

According to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the cooperation of state and non-state enterprises of the defense complex “will give us new quality, which is possible only on a scientific base”. “Integration of science into the defense industry is the key to effective results,” he said, adding that Ukraine still has to rely solely on its own forces to re-militarize the country.

“Ukraine today – an outpost of Europe, which holds forward the advance of the aggressor to the West. Therefore, a strong Ukrainian army, a strong Ukrainian defense complex, is a guarantee of the security of the whole of Europe “, – said Mr. Turchinov.

The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine also emphasized the importance of resolving at the legislative level issues of corporatization of state defense enterprises and entry into these private capital enterprises, both domestic and foreign. “This will be a new quality, a new form, which will provide us with a prospect of development,” he said.

According to the NSDC website (http://www.rnbo.gov.ua/news/2891.html)

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