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By Nigar Abbasova

Kazakhstan has signed a number of significant contracts with defense establishments of the foreign countries within the framework of the 4th KADEX 2016 International Armament and Military-Technical Equipment exhibition held in Astana. The country has also launched talks on the further development of the country’s defense sector.

In the course of the exhibition Kazakhstan has signed a memorandum on the supply of the missile ship by the German Abeking&Rasmussen Company to the naval forces of Kazakhstan, Tengrinews.kz reports.

Kazakhstan Engineering Company, engaged in providing uniform financial, production and technological policy at the largest military enterprises of the republic, has signed 3 significant contracts with Ukraine and Belarus.

KazTechnologies Company has signed 3 memorandums on the supply of ammunition to UAE, the United Kingdom and Bulgaria. The company also signed a number of deals with Chinese Norinco Corporation on the technology and equipment transfer on the manufacture of large-caliber ammunition. The country has also signed a memorandum with Turkish “Diarsan” company on the purchase of missile ship.

Sergei Velmozhkin, the director general of the Ilyushin Aviation Complex, talking to reporters mentioned that Kazakhstan shows interest in the company’s production and is currently in talks with Russia on the purchase of military transport airplanes. “Particular interest is attributed to IL-76 MD90A, converted fuel tankers IL-78 as well as IL-112. We have already conducted preliminary talks on this issue,” he added.

More than 300 companies including 200 foreign participated in the exhibition.

Among the main objectives of the exhibition are widening of opportunities and perspectives of domestic enterprises in accordance with the necessities of the Armed Forces, attraction of foreign developers and manufacturers of military production to the sphere of military equipment production of the republic as well as creation of favorable conditions for establishment of mutually beneficial contracts between manufacturers and consumers of defence industry production.

KADEX-2016 exhibition is considered to be an important platform for demonstration of the latest achievements in defense industry and exchange of opinions in this sphere.

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