LONDON, April 23 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news:
* Prime Minister and Chancellor Scholz to hold talks in Berlin on security, trade and shared issues like illegal migration
* UK and Germany to launch new joint industrial programme to develop artillery systems
* German companies announce investments into the UK of more than 8 billion pound
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin today [Wednesday] to deepen our defence and security cooperation.
As an initial step, the UK and Germany will announce plans for a joint endeavour to develop Remote-Controlled Howitzer 155mm Wheeled Artillery Systems (RCH 155), which will be fitted to Boxer vehicles.
The joint programme is exp...