ALMA-ATA, September 23The ministers of defense and industry of Kazakhstan discussed the issue of finding new markets for arms supplies, the press service of the republic’s defense department reported.
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“In view of the current geopolitical situation, sanctions restrictions, and disruption of logistics connections, the topic of diversifying the purchase of weapons and military equipment and the need to find new supply markets taking into account the military-economic security of the state were discussed,” the publication states.
In addition In addition, we were talking about repairing the existing fleet of weapons and military equipment, localizing the production of modern models of arms and military equipment and ammunition.
< br />“The Ministry of Defense, as the main recipient of state defense order products, is ready to support the development of production, provided that the products and services meet the specified technical requirements, quality and optimal price indicators,” said the Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan Ruslan Zhaksylykov.
Minister of Industry and Construction Kanat Sharlapaev noted that the department is faced with the task of bringing the share of development of technology for repairing weapons and military equipment to 55 percent, modernization — to 35 percent, modern production — to 70 percent. According to him, this will happen, among other things, by providing loans at a low rate to defense industry enterprises through the Republic's Defense Industrial Complex Development Fund.
As the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan stated, Western sanctions against Moscow may affect further exploitation of Russian and Soviet-made military equipment in the republic. It was noted that over the past ten years the country has not purchased foreign-made armored vehicles.