Azerbaijan's Defense Industry Ministry set to cooperate with foreign companies

Defense Industry Minister Yaver Jamalov met with Deputy Defense Minister of South Africa Fezile Bhengu and heads of delegations of Belarus, Turkey and India as part of the exhibition of the defense industry products in South Africa, the ministry said.

The goods of Azerbaijani Defence Industry were demonstrated at an international exhibition "AAD-Afrika Aerospace Defence-2010" in the city of Cape Town (South Africa) on September 21-25.

Sixty seven defense goods manufactured by the ministry enterprises were demonstrated at the exhibition, which brought together leading companies worldwide. This includes small arms, ammunition of various calibers, mines of all sizes, rockets and boards of different layers used in electronic industry. The exhibition also demonstrated armored vehicles such as "Matador" and "Marauder", jointly produced by Azerbaijan and the Republic of South Africa.

The Azerbaijani military products aroused great interest at the exhibition, which was attended by 323 leading companies from 36 countries, including the U.S, China, Turkey and South Africa that are leading manufacturers of arms. The foreign countries participating in the exhibition paid a special attention to the sniper rifle "Istiqlal" with the caliber of 12.7 and 14.5 mm.

The sniper rifle "Istiqlal" also caused great interest in the exhibition "İDEF - 2009", held in Turkey, as well as the exhibition "SOFEX - 2010" held in Jordan.

On Sept. 25, the exhibition was declared open for visitors who were very interested in the stand of Azerbaijan.


/Trend/