12.03.200713:55 (GMT)
Finnish company Patria is embroiled in a diplomatic dispute between Finland and Poland that is centered on the Helsinki-based company’s $1.3 billion contract — inked in December 2002 — to deliver 690 armored modular vehicles (AMVs) to Poland. The AMV order was the single biggest contract ever won by Patria, DefenseNews.com writes.The row has developed following publication of the Polish government-sponsored “WSI Military Intelligence Services Report,” which questions the manner in which Patria obtained the contract and claims the AMVs “sunk during tests.”
The Polish Army currently has a fleet of 130 AMVs, including some that are deployed with Polish NATO forces in Afghanistan. Patria has flatly denied that there were any “irregularities” in its pre-agreement negotiations with Poland’s Ministry of Defense (MoD). The WSI report was presented to Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski on February 12. For its part, the Finnish government wants the chapter in the report dedicated to the AMV sale “wholly cleansed of erroneous information” to protect Patria’s reputation, said Jan Store, Finland’s ambassador to Poland. The Finnish state holds 76 percent of Patria’s shares. “The report contains misunderstandings, errors and groundless claims that put both Patria and Finland into a negative light,” Store said in a statement. “The mistakes in the report must be corrected and Patria’s name must be vindicated.”
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Finnish company Patria is embroiled in a diplomatic dispute between Finland and Poland that is centered on the Helsinki-based company’s $1.3 billion contract — inked in December 2002 — to deliver 690 armored modular vehicles (AMVs) to Poland. The AMV order was the single biggest contract ever won by Patria, DefenseNews.com writes.The row has developed following publication of the Polish government-sponsored “WSI Military Intelligence Services Report,” which questions the manner in which Patria obtained the contract and claims the AMVs “sunk during tests.”
The Polish Army currently has a fleet of 130 AMVs, including some that are deployed with Polish NATO forces in Afghanistan. Patria has flatly denied that there were any “irregularities” in its pre-agreement negotiations with Poland’s Ministry of Defense (MoD). The WSI report was presented to Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski on February 12. For its part, the Finnish government wants the chapter in the report dedicated to the AMV sale “wholly cleansed of erroneous information” to protect Patria’s reputation, said Jan Store, Finland’s ambassador to Poland. The Finnish state holds 76 percent of Patria’s shares. “The report contains misunderstandings, errors and groundless claims that put both Patria and Finland into a negative light,” Store said in a statement. “The mistakes in the report must be corrected and Patria’s name must be vindicated.”
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