ArmInfo. Armenian Defense Minister David Tonoyan met with Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport, during "Army 2018" International Military- Technical Exhibition and "National Security Week" Forum on August 21, Spokesman of the Armenian Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan wrote on his Facebook page.
"A wide range of actual issues of military-technical cooperation was discussed during the meeting," a representative of the Armenian Defense Ministry wrote. Yesterday ArmInfo informed that the delegation of Armenia headed by the Minister of Defense of Armenia David Tonoyan left for Moscow to participate in the opening of "Army 2018" International Military-Technical Exhibition and "National Security Week" Forum . The Armenian Defense Ministry also reported that a delegation of the Defense Ministry headed by Deputy Minister David Pakhchanyan also left for Moscow region to participate in the "ARMY-2018" Forum. It was also reported that it is planned to demonstrate samples of the Armenian military industry at the exhibition.
To note more than 26 thousand exhibits will be presented at the "Army 2018" International Military- Technical Exhibition, which will be held from 21 to 26 August in the Moscow region Kubinka. According to the director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia Dmitry Shugaev, foreign countries will bring to the exhibition many samples of military products. "The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation has already issued licenses for exhibiting more than 500 items from countries such as Belarus, India, China, Pakistan, Turkey, etc. Eight countries will present their large- scale national pavilions at the" Army-2018 " and I'm sure they will have spectacular expositions of military equipment produced in their countries. About 90 official delegations from other countries are expected to take part in the Army-2018, more than 150 events will be held within the framework of the forum's scientific and business program, "he said. The head of the FSMTC added that at the "Army-2018", in addition to the novelties of "Buka" and "Torah", such "hits" as S-400 systems, Mi-8/17 helicopters, T-90 tanks, BMP-3 , BMPT "Terminator", MLRS "Smerch", heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A will be presented