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17.11.2017
Ukraine will soon send to Thailand the remaining 13 Oplot
tanks produced by the Malyshev Plant, First Deputy Secretary of the National
Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleh Hladkovsky has said.
"We have a contract with the Thai side for the
delivery of 49 Oplot tanks. I am happy to say that despite everything, Ukraine
will fulfill its obligations to our partners, and in the near future it will
send for the needs of the Royal Thai Army the remaining 13 combat machines that
have already been manufactured by the Ukrainian enterprise Malyshev Plant. They
are now being prepared for tests and confirmation of their
characteristics," the NSDC's press office quoted Hladkovsky as saying on
Thursday, November 16.
The NSDC first deputy secretary took part in the Defense
and Security 2017 exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand. The Ukrainian delegation at
the exhibition was headed by Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak.
During the visit, the Ukrainian side held talks with a
deputy prime minister, defense minister of Thailand and the commander-in-chief
of the Royal Thai Army. In addition, during meetings with the heads of defense
departments of Thailand, the sides discussed the possibility of creating a service
center for armored vehicles, transfer of technology and expanding areas of
cooperation in the defense sphere.
In recent years, Thailand has been one of the largest
importers of Ukrainian armored vehicles in South-East Asia. The Thai side
purchased more than 250 Ukrainian armored vehicles, in particular, BTR-3E1s and
Oplot battle tanks. In 2010-2015, Ukraine supplied Thailand with 233 BTR-3E1s
as part of contracts concluded in 2006 and in 2011 for a total amount of about
$270 million. In 2011, Ukraine and Thailand signed a contract worth more than
$200 million to supply 49 Ukrainian Oplot tanks to Thailand.
In the conditions of external aggression against Ukraine,
armored vehicles to the customer have been delivered since 2014 according to
the schedule specified by the parties. The contract, according to previously
released data, is due to expire in the autumn of 2017.
Original post: interfax.com
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