SDS says Patria defence deal is ironic, NSi welcomes the move

Ljubljana, 11 July - The opposition responded to the PM Robert Golob's announcement that Slovenia will buy armoured personnel carriers (APC) from the Finnish defence company Patria, with the head of the Democrats (SDS), Janez Janša, who has been imprisoned over the Patria defence procurement deal he made as PM in 2006, calling it "the irony of history".