Aumentan las ventas de armas rusas a AL

por Hasso Abril 20th 2009, 12:51

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:57:08 GMT
Russia's recent success in a recent arms show reportedly points to a pending surge in the country's exports of weaponry to Latin America.

Buoyed by the satisfactory presentation of the Russian-manufactured arms at a recent weapons exhibition in Brazil, the country's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport forecast an increase in the volume of arms trade with the Latin American states.

"The results of working consultations and talks held in Rio de Janeiro confirm the trend for strengthening relations between Russia and Latin American countries, including in the sphere of military-technical cooperation," said Sergei Svechnikov, who headed the company's delegation to the April 14-18 Latin America Aero and Defense (LAAD) exposition, RIA Novosti reported on Monday.

The official, who also directs the Analysis and Advanced Planning Department, added that "the countries of the region showed an increased interest in Russian aircraft and helicopters, armored vehicles, technical means for military training, and other military equipment including air defense systems."

Latin America is also depended on Russia for means of military training that "allow considerable cost reductions in military specialist education," the Defense Professionals daily reported on Tuesday.

The maximum range of Russian arms exports is carried out through Rosoboronexport which represents Moscow in the international market. The company boasts nearly USD 27 billion worth of orders on the record.

Among its total of 80 arms trade partners, Iran, Syria, Libya, China, India, Algeria, Venezuela, Malaysia and Serbia make the most demand on the Russian arms manufactures.

Russia's comparatively affordable armament and its timely provision of the hardware have turned many countries off the Western suppliers. Moscow's success is to such an extent that even Iraq has announced it is mulling over turning to Russia for its arms supplies.

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