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Stepan Poltorak, the Ukrainian Defence Minister, has told journalists in that country that he had discussions with Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan to become involved in building a Ukrainian ammunition plant. “It was very important to create joint production of equipment and equipment both in Canada and in Ukraine,” Poltorak explained. “We would like Canada to join the construction of an ammunition plant in Ukraine. And we discussed this issue with our colleague.”

Sajjan was asked Thursday about the ammunition facility as well as providing Ukraine with lethal aid.

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Sajjan told journalists that there is still much work to be done before any such proposals can be looked at. A Defence Cooperation Agreement between the two nations has been signed.

“We had actually a very good discussion on this, on this topic and actually about equipment in general,” he explained when asked about lethal aid. This is one of the reasons it was very important for us to sign the Defence Cooperation Agreement and move forward with the other steps, so that Ukraine can have a greater possibility in terms of their procurement as well.”