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Kiev to nationalise Chinese-owned aircraft engine factory
by AFP Staff Writers
Kiev (AFP) March 11, 2021

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Ukrainian authorities announced Thursday they plan to nationalise Motor Sich, an aircraft engine manufacturer majority-owned by Chinese companies.

The move will likely raise tensions with Beijing, but be welcomed by Kiev's key ally Washington, which has recently blacklisted the Chinese investor.

"The decision has been taken to return Motor Sich to the Ukrainian people," Oleksiy Danylov, the head of the national security and defence council, said following a meeting of the body.

The nationalisation "will take place soon using the legal procedure," he said without providing further details.

Chinese firms including Skyrizon Aviation have acquired in recent years a 75 percent stake in Motor Sich, according to a government source cited by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

The US Department of Commerce in January blacklisted Skyrizon Aviation and said the firm's "predatory investments and technology acquisitions in Ukraine represent an unacceptable risk of diversion to military end use in the PRC."

Motor Sich makes engines for helicopters and aircraft, including for large commercial planes that China is in the process of developing but does not yet have the know-how to make domestically.

Motor Sich also makes engines that can be used for cruise missiles and drones.

The United States, which has supported Kiev following Russian-backed uprisings in eastern Ukraine, has long taken a dim view of the Chinese investment in Motor Sich and according to local media has raised the issue with Ukrainian officials in closed-door meetings.

Ukraine imposed sanctions against Skyrizon Aviation in January following the US blacklisting of the company, which prompted a protest from Beijing, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

Shares in Motor Sich have been frozen since 2018 at the request of the Ukrainian intelligence service as it investigated the sale of strategic assets to foreign firms.

Chinese investors launched last December international arbitration proceedings against Ukraine, seeking $3.5 billion in damages and interest over Motor Sich.


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