Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his allies in Latin America, Asia and Africa “the most modern weapons” to guarantee peace.
“Russia is ready to offer its allies and partners the most modern weapons, from firearms to armored vehicles, artillery, military aviation and assault drones,” warned Russian President Vladimir Putin at the opening of the “Armia-2022” military forum. ” on the outskirts of Moscow.
Putin stressed that Moscow “sincerely values the historically strong, friendly and trusting ties with the countries of Latin America, Asia and Africa”, where, he added, Russia has “many allies, partners and co-religionists”.
He also stressed that those countries “They do not submit to the so-called hegemonic power, their leaders show authentic character and do not subordinate themselves” to anyone, since they are committed to sovereign development and to collectively solving regional and global security problems on the basis of international law.
“In this way, they contribute to the defense of the multipolar world,” he commented when addressing soldiers from different countries in the Patriot exhibition pavilion, accompanied by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigú.
Russia “advocates the development of the widest possible and multilateral military-technical cooperation. Today, in conditions of the formation of a multipolar world, this is especially important”, he stated.
The boss of Kremlin stressed that “practically all” the weapons that Russia wants to export “has been used in real military actions”.
“Many of these weapons outperform their foreign counterparts by years, if not decades,” he said, referring to hypersonic weapons capable of outperforming any anti-missile shield, according to Moscow.
The “Armia-2022”, the most important arms fair in this country, has the presence of representatives of more than a hundred States, which you will be able to see this week hundreds of types of modern weaponry at the Alábino military estate and the Kubinka airfieldoutside of Moscow.
The Russian boss, who pointed out that the Russian Army is liberating Donbas, in Ukraine, “step by step”, announced that the First International Anti-Fascist Congress will be held this year.
Russia said it has exported $5.4 billion worth of weapons so far this year and plans to sell a similar amount in the second half of 2022.