Finnish government extends Patria’s export permit to UAE

Patria’s armoured modular vehicle (AMV) photographed during a demonstration in Parola, Finland, on 23 November, 2012. The Finnish government has agreed to grant a one-year extension to the permit of Patria, a majority state-owned defence technology provider, to export spare parts to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The decision to extend the permit was made in spite of a report by Verdens Gang, the largest newspaper by circulation in Norway, that an armoured vehicle manufactured by the state-owned ...