On the celebratory evening dedicated to 65th anniversary of the system of military-technical cooperation
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On the celebratory evening dedicated to 65th anniversary of the system of military-technical cooperation
The celebratory dedicated to 65th anniversary of creation of the system of state administration of the military-technical cooperation (further - MTC) of the Russian Federation with foreign states was held in the Central Academic Theatre of the Russian Army on May 18, 2018.
The representatives of the federal executive bodies of the Russian Federation, the heads of FSMTC of Russia, State Corporation «Rostec», JSC «Rosoboronexport», military-industrial complex enterprises, veterans of the military-technical cooperation took part in the festive event.
The greeting telegram of V.V.Putin, President of the Russian Federation, was read by V.I.Kozhin, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation. D.E.Shugaev, Director of FSMTC of Russia, delivered his address of welcome. He congratulated all in attendance with the holiday and emphasized that the progress achieved in the sphere of MTC, promotes development of the domestic industry, strengthening of the position of Russia in the world and growth of international authority of the country.
The Director of FSMTC of Russia noted of the following: «The results achieved are impressive: today Russia is cooperating with more than 100 states of the world, foreign orders portfolio remains at about 45 billion United States dollars during several recent years.
For comparison, I will give such figures: in the early 2000s the volumes of the annual export of the MPP did not exceed 3 billion United States dollars. Today we have already achieved the index at about 15 and we manage to keep it for years now.
All this, in spite of the growing concurrence in the world markets on the part of both its traditional leaders and the new very ambitious exporters».
General-Colonel A.V.Fomin, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, V.V.Artyakov, First Deputy General Director of State Corporation «Rostec», A.A.Mikheev, General Director of JSC «Rosoboronexport», also welcomed the participants of the celebratory evening.
The ceremony of rewarding of the participants of the military-technical cooperation with state and departmental awards was held during the event. On completion of the official part the evening continued with the festive concert.