Belarus and Algeria have identified potential projects for military-technical cooperation. This was stated in Algiers by the chairman of the State Military-Industrial Committee Dzmitry Pantus, BelTA reported.
“As part of the official visit of the head of state, an agreement on military-technical cooperation between our countries was signed. A commission on military-technical cooperation will begin operating in the very near future. We are currently holding the relevant consultations. Recently, we have carried out substantial work with our colleagues from Algeria to identify potential projects in the field of military-technical cooperation. As of today, a draft roadmap has been prepared, and in the very near future we will begin practical implementation,” he said.
According to him, this also involves the localization in Algeria of potential production of various types of goods.
“The Algerian side sets such requirements. We are ready for this, we are capable, and these issues are being discussed today,” the head of the State Military-Industrial Committee said.
During today’s talks with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said the Belarusian side discussed, among other issues, the military-industrial sector during the visit.
“Algeria is a global gateway to Africa. That is our pragmatism. And I told my friend and comrade — the president of Algeria — about this. We discussed many issues. But there is no need to drag all these matters to the highest level. Two days ago we held an excellent forum here, where the heads of our companies and corporations met. They see concrete issues and have reached many agreements. There are absolutely no closed topics. This concerns not only humanitarian issues and agriculture, but also the military-industrial complex,” the press service quoted him as saying.
According to him, Algeria mainly possesses weapons whose technologies date back to Soviet times and which are now procured in post-Soviet countries.
“And when it comes to repairing and modernizing this weaponry, there are no competitors today in the post-Soviet space. But we are now able not only to modernize and repair weapons — we can produce many types of weapons independently,” he said.
