MOSCOW. Nov 30 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia is considering establishment of military spare parts bases abroad, Alexander Denisov, first deputy director of the Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service, said on Wednesday.
"In particular, talks on setting up a base of spare parts for Russian military products are being held with China," Denisov told a news conference in Moscow.
The Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service is constantly working on improving the efficiency of its structure, he said.
"The changing situation on the arms market requires making necessary corrections to the complicated system of military technical cooperation and using new forms and methods of work actively," Denisov noted.
According to him, Russia is engaged in military-technical cooperation with 82 states.
"By the way, the U.S. maintains military-technical cooperation with 100 countries, France with 29, Germany and Great Britain with 26 each," he said.