MOSCOW. Jan 3 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia and China have signed a contract on the supplies of two Russian destroyers to the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The contract was signed at the main office of the Rosoboronexport state-owned arms trader in Moscow on Thursday, the arms trader's press service told Interfax-Military News Agency. Russia was represented by Rosoboronexport First Deputy Director General Sergei Chemezov and China by Zhou Wei, deputy head of the purchase bureau in the Chinese army's main department of armament and materiel.
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Science and Technology Ilya Klebanov, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhuang Deguang, head of the international cooperation department in the Chinese army's main department of armament and materiel Zhang Chi, deputy commander of the Chinese Naval Forces Shen Binyi were among the officials present at the signing ceremony.
The contract is an obvious sign of successful development of military and technical cooperation between Russia and China, the press service said.