The prime minister’s meeting began on BAE’s test track, where the ministers got to try out the company’s product, the combat vehicle 90. It is the first time since Sweden’s entry into NATO that the prime ministers of Sweden and Denmark have met, and the issue of the countries’ defense was also on the agenda.
– Both Sweden and Denmark are making major important decisions to equip our defenses. Then the Swedish companies like Hägglund’s are incredibly important to create that strength in defence, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to SVT.
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Denmark invests 7 billion in its combat vehicles
Sweden and Denmark have previously agreed to pay for around thirty combat vehicles to be sent to Ukraine.
Denmark is buying both spare parts and updating the 44 vehicles they already have for a sum that lands at seven billion.
In the clip, you can see when the Danish prime minister test drives a lap on the test track in the combat vehicle.