Negotiations with Slovakia over Rosomaks continue

Following reports by local media that Slovakia will not buy 30 military Rosomak vehicles, the Polish Defense Ministry said that talks over the acquisition continue. The negotiations "will be continued, as indicated by the talks by the defense ministers of Poland and Slovakia that took place during the NATO summit in Warsaw," said Bartłomiej Misiewicz, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry. Slovakian daily Sme said last week that Slovakia will not buy 31 Rosomak Scipio vehicles from Poland under the army modernization program as it was earlier agreed. "Negotiations regarding the acquisition of eight-wheeled vehicles have been terminated, because of lack of military and economic benefits," Sme quoted a Slovakian Defense Ministry official. In August 2015, Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz announced that Slovakia would buy 31 multi-role Rosomak Scipio military vehicles produced in Siemianowice Śląskie for PLN 120 million.