MOSCOW, April 25 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on

Thursday that Canada's decision to give Airbus a waiver to allow

it to use Russian titanium in its manufacturing showed European

companies would struggle to remain competitive if they stopped

using Russian products.

Canada allowed Airbus to use Russian titanium after becoming

the first Western government to ban supplies of the strategic

metal in the latest package of measures triggered by the war in

Ukraine.

Russian state-backed VSMPO-AVISMA has for years been the

industry's largest titanium supplier.

(Reporting by Reuters)