Defence Minister Does Not Feel Responsible for Patria Deal

Vače, 17 May - Defence Minister Karl Erjavec said Saturday he did not feel objective responsibility even in case an ongoing inquiry in Finland was to reveal that Finnish defence company Patria bribed Slovenian officials in the deal involving 135 armoured personnel carriers.

Vace Defence Minister Karl Erjavec addressing a ceremony marking 15 years of the Association of veterans of the War for Slovenia. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

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Defence Minister Karl Erjavec addressing a ceremony marking 15 years of the Association of veterans of the War for Slovenia.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Vace Defence Minister Karl Erjavec addressing a ceremony marking 15 years of the Association of veterans of the War for Slovenia. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

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Defence Minister Karl Erjavec addressing a ceremony marking 15 years of the Association of veterans of the War for Slovenia.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Vace Defence Minister Karl Erjavec addressing a ceremony marking 15 years of the Association of veterans of the War for Slovenia. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

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Defence Minister Karl Erjavec addressing a ceremony marking 15 years of the Association of veterans of the War for Slovenia.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Vace Defence Minister Karl Erjavec (right) addressing a ceremony marking 15 years of the Association of veterans of the War for Slovenia alongside the head of the association, Janez Pajer. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

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Defence Minister Karl Erjavec (right) addressing a ceremony marking 15 years of the Association of veterans of the War for Slovenia alongside the head of the association, Janez Pajer.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

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