ST. PETERSBURG. Nov 23 (Interfax-AVN) - Over 200 Russian and foreign companies have filed applications for taking part in the International Maritime Defense Show 2005, which will be held in St. Petersburg from June 29 to July 3, 2005.
Over 70 percent of exhibition grounds have been reserved for the applicants, the St. Petersburg administration's economic development, industrial policy and trade committee told Interfax-Military News Agency on Tuesday.
The show has the following motto: "Through Cooperation towards Peace and Progress."
The International Maritime Defense Show 2003 involved 319 companies. Official delegations from 24 countries visited the event.