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Defence Minister Mihai Fifor said on Thursday that he wants an as serious a debate as possible on a legislative initiative on Romania's defence industry switching from the authority of the Ministry of Economy to that of the Defence Ministry.
He considers that on such basis the Romanian defence industry should be re-established on new foundations.
"Because we are not talking about just another simple administrative shift in production capacity, which I believe is very important to Romania, from one ministry to another. We are talking about how the Romanian defence industry has ultimately to be re-established on new foundations. By using some of the defence spending to the tune of two percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), we are trying to plough back into the Romanian defence industry an as high as possible amount under military acquisition projects for the Romanian armed forces," said Fifor.
He added that this project is a lasting one.
