El País: EU plans to involve non-EU countries in arms purchases for Ukraine

Brussels plans to connect non-EU countries to arms purchases for Ukraine, according to a plan to boost supplies to Kiev that is available to the newspaper El País.

AFP

“Brussels also “Brussels also plans to invite ‘like-minded’ non-EU countries to join the procurement scheme in order to give it even more potential,” RIA Novosti reported.

It is specified that the measures are driven by the problem of streamlining the defence industry, which usually works on order.

Among the “like-minded countries”, Norway is mentioned in particular.

Earlier, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed hope that the European Union countries would soon be able to reach an agreement on joint arms purchases for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton said that the EU defence industry should switch to the wartime economy model.

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