Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced the construction of a new cartridge factory in Ukraine and production of assault rifles in cooperation with the Czech Republic.

"Today at the joint meeting we focused on such key aspects as defense support and military-technical cooperation, interaction between governments on projects for the restoration of Ukraine, foreign policy and economic cooperation, cooperation in the humanitarian sphere, medicine and a number of other areas," Shmyhal said at the joint press conference with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala in Prague on Tuesday.

According to him, the prime ministers discussed the supply of new types of weapons to the Ukrainian troops, the training and rehabilitation of the Ukrainian military, and new joint projects in the military-industrial complex.

In particular, according to Shmyhal, as a result of the signing on Tuesday of an agreement between the Czech Sellier & Bellot and the State Enterprise Ukroboronservice, a new cartridge plant will be built in Ukraine.

The second signed agreement between Ceska Zbrojovka and the corresponding Ukrainian enterprise provides for production of Colt CZ Group assault rifles in Ukraine.

"We have good prospects and hope for joint projects for production of ammunition in the Czech Republic or in safe places in Ukraine. As well as for the joint repair of MI type helicopters in the Czech Republic," he added.

In turn, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that one of the areas of cooperation could also be the modernization and construction of new nuclear units, in particular, the Czech Republic could supply components for nuclear power plants.

As reported, on July 16, Ukraine and the Czech Republic signed a number of agreements and memorandums in the field of internal affairs, healthcare, energy, defense and space industries based on the results of intergovernmental consultations.