Press release
Russian military delegation led by V.N.Drojjov, deputy
director of Federal service for military
–technical cooperation of Russian Federation who is on working visit in
Mongolia was received by Kh.Batbileg, colonel and state secretary of Ministry
of Defense.
During the visit, Mongolian and Russian officials signed
intergovernmental protocol (memorandum of Understanding) on military technical
assistance for Mongolia.
At the start of the meeting, colonel Kh.Batbileg said “
Welcome to our country. We are happy that Russian Federation assisted upgrading
of arms and equipments of our armed forces.
On behalf of Ministry of Defense of Mongolia, we thank the Federal
Service and its management for playing important role in signing first
assistance agreement and its extension and supply of arms and equipment.
He
continued “ This time, our military is happy that validity of intergovernmental
agreement of two countries on providing military-technical assistance have been
restored and created legal environment to continue assistance”.
He noted that arms and equipments delivered by Russia have been
fully used by Mongolian armed forces.
Batbileg expressed that in the future, Mongolian side is
interested in cooperation about improvement of Air defense weapons and
equipments.
After the meeting, both sides signed intergovernmental
protocol on restoration of validity of Mongolian and Russian government
agreement on delivery of military-technical assistance for Mongolia.
Russian side is to supply T-90a tank Btr-80 armored carrier,
Bmp-2 infantry fighting vehicle, S-300 favorite Missile system, SU-27 fighter aircraft 12 units and transportation and
fighter helicopter, radar locator system for Mongolia.
In addition, Russia is to train
personnel to operate these military equipments in Russian military academies.
Source: Mongolian Ministry of Defense
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