The Minister of Defense, Radu Oprea, draws attention to the fact that, in the absence of the development of industrial units to ensure the maintenance and, partially, the production for the military endowment programs, the purchases made through the SAFE Program can represent very high costs for Romania, over time.
Radu Oprea announced that the Ministry of Defense is on track with regard to military endowment programs.
“There are still programs that need to be signed. So far we are on the schedule proposed by the Ministry of National Defense. These things were told to me by my colleagues in the ministry. SAFE is important, the equipment we want is important, but from my point of view, the industrial production capacities that must be built in Romania as a result of SAFE are also important.
Because if we don’t succeed in the technological transfer process, things, if we only stop with purchasing an equipment and then come all the maintenance costs, all the repair costs and we can’t do them in Romania, everything will turn into something very expensive. That’s why we are obliged at this moment to make these production capacities work in Romania”, explained Radu Oprea, Monday evening, on TVR, according to News.ro.
He drew attention to the fact that several ministries are involved in the processes related to SAFE, showing that it was therefore necessary to sign a law that would allow the institutions to collaborate as well as possible.
