KIEV, May 22 - A mission of the senior military leadership of Thailand, while on an official visit to Ukraine, on Tuesday visited several enterprises of the state concern Ukroboronprom, where the mission members acquainted themselves with the Ukrainian defense industry's capabilities in the production of armored vehicles, high-precision weapons and shipbuilding.

The state concern told Interfax-Ukraine that, when visiting a Kiev armored vehicle factory, the Thai military leadership studied the progress of production of the next batch of BTR-3E1 armored vehicles being made under an order from Thailand, which is to be supplied to the customer in the near future. The batch of these armored vehicles, consisting of 21 units, will be inspected by a Thai commission after its completion.