Want to Sell Arms to Poland? Then Invest Here, Minister Says

An Abrams M1A2 SEP V3 tank during the 'Train With The Army' military training day for civilians in Warsaw.Photographer: Damian Lemanski/Bloomberg

Poland has a message for foreign companies interested in a piece of its 1 trillion zloty ($281 billion) defense spending plan: “If you want to sell here, invest here.”

Deputy State Assets Minister Konrad Golota, who’s responsible for overseeing the defense industry, told Bloomberg News that the most populous country on NATO’s eastern flank and neighbor of Ukraine won’t agree to simply host assembly lines.