The 17th meeting of the Sub-Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation of the Intergovernmental Commission on Cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation was held in Nur-Sultan.
From the Kazakhstan’s side, Vice-Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Talgat Zhanzhumenov chaired, from the Russian – Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of Russia Vladimir Drozhzhov.
«First of all, the pace of our work is determined by the understanding of the closeness of our peoples, the activities of the Heads and governments of our states aimed at developing integration in the political and economic spheres», – T.Zhanzhumenov emphasized opening the meeting.
Also, the work of the Sub-Commission was attended by representatives of state bodies and leading defense enterprises of the two states, such as JSC «Petropavlovsk Heavy Engineering Plant», JSC «Aircraft Repair Plant No. 405», LLP «Kazakhstan Aviation Industry», JSC «West Kazakhstan Machine Building Company», JSC «Semey Engineering», JSC «Tynys», LLP «Paramount Kazakhstan Engineering», JSC «Ural Plant «Zenit», JSC «Machine-Building Plant named after S.M. Kirov», JSC «Rosoboronexport», JSC «Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG», JSC «Russian Helicopters», JSC «Almaz-Antey» Air and Space Defense Corporation, PJSC «UAC»(United Aircraft Corporation), JSC «Scientific Production Corporation «Uralvagonzavod» and others.
During the negotiations, the parties discussed about 50 issues of current and future bilateral cooperation in the military-technical sphere, including issues of mutual supplies, joint production, as well as the localization of certain types of production in Kazakhstan. The successful development in our country of joint projects for the localization of repair production and maintenance of anti-aircraft missile systems, Mi-type helicopters for civil and military purposes, as well as armored vehicles was noted.
Kazakhstan and Russia agreed to continue the practice of creating joint ventures for the production, repair and maintenance of high-tech weapons and military equipment, both for their own law enforcement agencies and for export to third countries.
Following the meeting, a decision was made to study the issue of expanding the powers of the Sub-Commission and the creation of an intergovernmental Kazakh-Russian commission on military-technical cooperation.
