Czech Republic thanks Slovakia for biggest arms deal in its modern history

Slovakia is also purchasing 246 CV90 tracked infantry fighting vehicles and has launched a coordination process to make it easier for the Czech side.

At the end of May, the Czech government agreed to purchase 246 CV90 tracked infantry fighting vehicles from Sweden for about $2.71 billion. (Source: Wikipedia)

On June 2, Czech Defense Minister Jana Cernochova thanked her Slovak counterpart Martin Sklenar, who is on an official visit to Prague, for Bratislava's assistance with the Czech Republic's contract to purchase 246 CV90 tracked infantry fighting vehicles.

Previously, at the end of May, the Czech government agreed to purchase the above combat vehicles from Sweden for about 2.71 billion USD.

According to Minister Cernochova, the Czech Republic initially planned to buy 210 vehicles, but due to the high cost, the country chose to buy 36 vehicles first and the rest later. Slovakia also bought this type of infantry fighting vehicle and has put in place a coordination process to make it easier for Prague.

In addition, the two countries ' defense ministries will also continue to discuss cooperation in maintenance services, procurement of tools, workshops or spare parts, as well as training cooperation. Both sides want to cooperate in sharing information on vehicle inspection.

For his part, Slovakian Defense Minister Sklenar welcomed the two sides to have similar coordination procedures in subsequent equipment procurement transactions, emphasizing that the more similar equipment the two countries' armies have, the more conditions they will have to maintain and use it more effectively.

The contract for the purchase of 246 CV90 vehicles is the largest arms purchase in the modern history of the Czech Republic and also one of the largest national-level sales contracts of this country.

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