Permanent exhibition of conventional arms to be established in Moscow

Interfax News Agency
Russia & CIS General Newswire
August 4, 2006 Friday 5:21 PM MSK

The International Defense Exhibition of Land Forces, IDELF-2006,
has great growth potential, deputy director of the Federal Military
and Technical Cooperation Service Vladimir Polischuk said.

"We will do our best to establish a basic exhibition of conventional
arms in Russia, and not only for land forces," he said at a news
conference in Moscow region’s Krasnoarmeisk, where the second stage
of the IDELF-2006 has begun and where arms and equipment will be
demonstrated in action.

"IDELF-2006 is one of the best exhibitions in Russia as far as the
implementation of plans and ideas is concerned," he said.

A protocol on military and technical cooperation between Russia and
Armenia was signed during the exhibition, Polischuk said. The protocol
stipulates prospects for such cooperation as well as issues linked
to the improvement of the legal base and arms deliveries.

Another exhibition, a "security means salon," is planned to be held
in Krasnoarmeisk from 2007, Polischuk said.