September 26, 2013. Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev thanked Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation and the Russian Government for bringing the international arms exhibition Russia Arms Expo-2013 in Nizhniy Tagil to new, impressive heights.

‘I’d like to give my special thanks to Uralvagonzavod Corporation and the Russian Government for making sure the exhibition breaks into a new level: it is now on the list of international fairs: Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policies Department quotes the Governor as saying.

The first point on the agenda of the big event was a welcoming address by Russian Vice Premier Dmitri Rogozin. The event was also attended by Director-General of Rosoboronexport Igor Sevastianov, Chairman of Russian Federation State Duma Property Issues Committee Sergey Gavrilov, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment Patrick Auroy, Richard Dannatt, the former Chief of the General Staff of Great Britain and Commander of NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, and Counsel on Military Security of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretariat Konstantin Nikulshin.

The participants of this meeting shared their experience. For one, Director-General of Uralvagonzavod talked about his company’s successful cooperation with the French company Renault Truck Defence.