Moscow. May 29 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian delegation led by chairman of the Committee for Military-technical Cooperation with Foreign States Michael Dmitriyev, will negotiate on development of military-technical cooperation in Uruguay.
"The Russian delegation led by Michael Dmitriyev, chairman of the Russian Committee for Military-technical Cooperation with Foreign States, arrives in Uruguay on Thursday. Representatives of the Russian Foreign and Defense Ministries, the Rosoboronexport federal state-owned unitary enterprise and the MIG Aircraft Corporation are included in the delegation," the press department of the Russian embassy in Uruguay reports.
According to the press department, the Russian delegation's visit will last three days. Dmitriyev will negotiate with Uruguayan President Jorge Batlle, Defense Minister Yamandu Fau, the Land Forces, Air Force and Navy command.
"The sides will consider development of mutually useful ties in the framework of the intergovernmental agreement on military- technical cooperation signed last year," the press-department said.
According to Interfax-Military News Agency's source in the Russian defense industry, expansion of the Russian automobile deliveries to Uruguay will be one of the items on the agenda of the negotiations. About 400 automobiles of military and dual purpose worth USD10m approximately have been supplied to Uruguay by Rosoboronexport within the framework of a 2002 contract. The Ulyanovsk automobile plant's off-roaders and the Ural automobile plant's trucks constitute the core of these supplies.
"In addition, the sides will discuss prospects of Russian aircraft (mainly MIG-29 Flanker fighters) deliveries to Uruguay. For this reason, MIG Aircraft Corporation experts were included in the delegation," the source said.