"The Bulgarian state and “Rheinmetall“ will split the investment in the new plants in the country in half", the chairman of the parliamentary defense committee Hristo Gadzhev told journalists. He attended the opening of the company's new high-tech ammunition plant in Unterluß, Lower Saxony, BTA reported.
President Rumen Radev, who is on an official two-day visit to Germany, was also at the event.
Gadzhev explained that he was in Lower Saxony to see how this large plant was built in 18 months. "Our ambition is also to quickly establish such a plant in Bulgaria", he added.
According to Gadzhev, back in July the government of Rosen Zhelyazkov submitted a request for financing under the European Security Mechanism SAFE - that is, through the loan instruments of the European Union.
„Bulgaria is one of the few countries that, in addition to buying weapons, actually buys production and production. We will produce and do so with a loan that will not burden the budget. This is a very correct decision by the government and shows that in fact the government and the ruling party have been thinking for a long time about how to do it", the chairman of the defense committee also said.
In response to a question whether the government and the ruling majority have worked together with the president on the topic of opening the new production facilities of "Rheinmetall" in Bulgaria, Hristo Gadzhev explained that even after a successful international meeting, without the additional work, without the meetings on the ground, without the various relationships in the government, there is no way to make an investment.
So the government did its job, added Hristo Gadzhev and quoted the words of the company's CEO Armin Paperger: "If it weren't for the personal commitment of Mr. Boyko Borisov, this investment would not have happened".