According to Ukrinform, he said this during a meeting of the heads of Ukraine's foreign diplomatic missions.

"I am opposed to exporting technologies from Ukraine. We should export finished products with high added value. This is the only thing that can save our economy, and it is the only thing that, on a much larger scale, will make countries – let's call it this – dependent on us to some extent. Because when we give away our technologies, that's it: you have sold your business, given away your production, and there is nothing left to discuss with you. So I would recommend not forgetting this aspect," Budanov said.

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In this context, he pointed to the risks of joint production localized abroad.

"Joint production – by all means. But joint production can be set up in some hypothetical country, where you move the technology, the equipment and the engineers, and a year later they say, 'Well, you know, things aren't really working out for us here. Goodbye.' And the production is already there. Or it can be based here in Ukraine. I am in favor of the second model," Budanov said.

On July 1, the government adopted a resolution launching a new fast-track model for the export of certain categories of military products.