MINSK, 23 June (BelTA) – Over the years MILEX has developed the reputation of a serious international defense industry expo, Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of Belarus Dmitry Pantus said at the opening ceremony of the 10th edition of the international defense technology expo MILEX 2021, BelTA informs.
“MILEX has developed the reputation of a serious international defense industry expo and has become a recognizable expo brand not only in the Eastern European region but also in the world. In the history of its development you can clearly see major trends and development prospects of the global market of weapons, estimate the growth of the technical, production and technological potential of the defense sector of the Republic of Belarus,” Dmitry Pantus said.
In his words, the production of weapons and military hardware, which is the high tech industry of the economy, is increasingly vibrant and helps successfully address the key task to ensure the national security and defense capacity of the country. “Many samples of products which were previously demonstrated at exposition venues of our defense industry expo are currently used not only in the Belarusian Armed Forces but also in the armies of other countries. Every expo gives us invaluable experience of innovative development and advances us to a brand-new level of promising projects, modernization of weapons, strengthening of the combat potential of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus,” the chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry noted. “We appreciate that our exposition venue attracts the attention of high-ranking government delegations, heads of military and defense industry enterprises, representatives of the diplomatic corps. The international character and scale of the expo give it the status of an important political event in the life of the state. Even in terms of the global economic crisis we are doing our best to promote military and technical cooperation with foreign countries. Partaking in the MILEX 2021 expo are over 30 delegations from 22 countries.”
In terms of scale and goals, participants and infrastructure, MILEX is considered one of the largest expos in the Eastern European region. Since 2001, this large-scale defense industry expo has traditionally attracted the attention of major domestic and foreign manufacturers of military products. Its main goals are to showcase the products of the Belarusian defense industry, innovative solutions, and to demonstrate the capabilities of enterprises in upgrading, overhauling military hardware and providing services to the Armed Forces.
MILEX 2021 is featuring over 300 samples of cutting-edge weapons, military hardware, and special hardware of Belarusian make alone. As many as 177 of them are showcased for the first time. Eighty-eight products are upgraded ones.
