KYIV, March 11 - The French government has allocated technical assistance to the Ukrainian state concern Ukroboronprom in the amount of about EUR 900,000 Aivaras Abromavicius, director general of the state concern, has said.

"This is a sign of confidence in Ukraine, it is a sign of confidence in the changes that are taking place now in the Ukroboronprom concern ... This is an amount close to EUR 900,000, one of the largest amounts that the French government has allocated to Ukraine," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.