Rosoboronexport in the MENA Region: Expanding Partnerships

Since its establishment in November 2000, Rosoboronexport (ROE), Russia's state agency for export and import of military products, has had its special presence in the Middle East and North Africa. The agency has announced its intentions to continue to expand its business and partnership opportunities in the MENA region.

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“Today Rosoboronexport’s proposals are of a comprehensive nature and are aimed at expanding industrial partnership. This includes the possibility of technology transfer and localization of production, maintenance, and repair of equipment, as well as training of the specialists. In addition to modern military products, Rosoboronexport is ready to supply the law enforcement agencies of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa with highly effective special equipment for anti-terrorism”, – said the press service of Rosoboronexport to Arabian Defence.

The press service of the agency said that the pandemic has not stopped Rosoboronexport from meeting its obligations towards customers. Moreover, the agency continues to introduce new military and civilian products to the global market and to expand its military-technical cooperation.

“Thus, such advanced weapons as the 59N6-TE radar capable of detecting hypersonic targets, the Boomerang wheeled combat platform, the latest means and equipment to combat epidemiological threats have been launched to the market. In recent years the promotion of the T-90MS main battle tank with incomparable firepower, the Sprut-SDM1 light amphibious tank with unique combat capabilities, the Tornado-S long-range multiple launch rocket system, the Mi-38T medium-class multipurpose helicopter, Project 12701 Alexandrit-E mine countermeasures ship, Project 21980E Grachonok special purpose boat, coastal missile systems has been started. Against the background of the growing threat from small-sized unmanned aerial vehicles, Rosoboronexport has offered its partners a line of special electronic warfare equipment designed to combat them,” added the press service of the agency..

More significantly, Rosoboronexport spoke of a promising new field of activity is the promotion on the global market of high-tech civilian and dual-use products. This would include security equipment (a new segment for Rosoboronexport) in the interests of the Ministries of Internal Affairs, National Guard, gendarmerie, border, customs and migration services, special purpose forces, civil defense, and rescue, other law enforcement agencies, which earlier were not the partners of Rosoboronexport.

“In the segments of non-lethal weapons, civilian and service small arms, a number of export contracts have already been signed. Foreign partners are showing high interest in the Russian proposals for the creation of mobile anti-infectious medical centers, systems for monitoring and responding to emergencies, as well as in the comprehensive automated system Safe City. In October 2020, at the XXIV International Exhibition of Means of State Security Provision Interpolitex-2020 held in Moscow, Rosoboronexport presented, for the first time, mobile inspection systems for transport and cargo, the DVL-10-M3 Volkodav high-precision rifle," concluded the State agency.

Rosoboronexport is the sole state intermediary agency for Russia's exports/imports of defense-related and dual-use products, technologies, and services. It was established on 4 November 2000 by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation as part of the reform of the country’s military-technical cooperation system.

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