Poland signs Lockheed Martin contract
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
20.05.2011 13:36
Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski has expressed his enthusiasm for a contract due to be signed today between the international Lockheed Martin aerospace and defence company and Poland's state-owned Military Aviation Depot No.2 in Bydgoszcz.
The Bydgoszcz Depot has been involved in aircraft maintenance since the enterprise was founded after World War II.
A contract with an investment value to the tune of 1.5 million dollars is set to be signed, taking in the repair of Polish F-16 aircraft, and the construction of a new hangar for the upkeep of the planes.
Sikorski has noted that the contract covers several other projects and is a “logical supplement,” to NATO's presence in Poland. NATO's Joint Force Training Centre is located in Bydgoszcz.
Meanwhile, Sikorski returned to his home city of Bydgoszcz today, where he is welcoming his counterparts from the Weimar Triangle, a grouping founded in 1991, comprising of France, Germany in Poland.
According to Sikorski, who posted informal updates on the social media website Twitter, he will be discussing Poland's forthcoming presidency of the European Union, the Middle East, Russia and the Libyan crisis.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will be taking part in the talks, likewise his French counterpart Alain Juppe. (nh/ss)