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Abu Dhabi. February 21. Interfax-AVN - The countries of the Near and Middle East are interested in buying the T-14 Armata tank, but first of all it is necessary to satisfy the needs of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation Alexei Frolkin told reporters.
"Our partners in the countries of the Near and Middle East are showing interest in the T-14 Armata tank, but it is too early to talk about concrete results," Frolkin said at the IDEX defense exhibition in the UAE.
He noted that, first of all, it is necessary to fulfill the state defense order and satisfy the need of the Russian Ministry of Defense for these tanks.
"We expect that in the future the entire line of equipment based on the Armata platform will be in demand by foreign buyers," said the deputy head of the FSMTC.
As Interfax reported, in August 2020, the Armata tank received an export passport, which makes it possible to negotiate its sale to foreign customers. According to the head of the RF Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov,
The Uralvagonzavod concern has developed the Armata heavy tracked platform, on the basis of which the T-14 tank, the T-15 infantry fighting vehicle and the T-16 armored recovery vehicle have been created. Equipment on the Armata platform is being tested.
Earlier, Yuri Borisov, being the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation (now Deputy Prime Minister), said that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has a contract for the supply for military tests of two battalions of T-14 tanks and a battalion of BMP T-15.
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