ARMENIA PARTICIPATES IN V MILEX INTERNATIONAL ARMS EXHIBITION
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
19.05.2009 16:59 GMT+04:00
MILEX-2009 International Arms and Military Machinery Conference opened
in Minsk on May 19. Armenian delegation is also participating in the
exhibition, Defense Ministry Spokesman Seyran Shahsuvaryan told a
PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent.
Exhibition displays 145 exponents from 8 countries, including
Armenia, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. There is a special stand for
representatives from all CSTO member states. The exhibition was
organized on a square with a total area of 6 thousand square metres.
Opening Milex-2009, Belarus PM Sergey Sidorsky noted that the
"exhibition may be considered a special visiting card aimed at raising
public awareness of defense armory". Exhibited arms, military and
special armory were produced based on information and telecommunication
technologies, the premier noted.
As noted by CSTO State Secretary Nikolay Birduzha, "Member states’
cooperation in the sphere of military-technical cooperation can be
objectively characterized as close partnership corresponding to their
interests," Belarus news reports.
There is a total number of 26 states planning to attend the exhibition.