CHINA-RUSSIA: ARMS DEALS WITH ROSOBORONEXPORT

Alexander Mikheev, director general of Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state arms seller, said it signed three more weapons contracts with China during the Zhuhai Airshow in China’s Guangdong province. He said “Rosoboronexport expects that participation in the exhibition will give further impetus to the positive trend in Russian-Chinese relations in the field of military-technical cooperation".  Rosoboronexport spokesman Vladimir Kryuchkov said more China-Russia arms deals were under discussion and that the partnership had expanded from its initial weapons purchases into hi-tech research and development. China bought 20 Ansat lightweight Russian helicopters as air ambulances and six Mi-171A2 medium utility helicopters. Dmitry Shugaev, head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, suggested that Russia could also be setting up a maintenance centre in China for S-300 and S-400 missile systems. 





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