Kyrgyzstan will be able to negotiate directly with Russian defense enterprises on the supply of arms, the presidential aide on the military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin said yesterday on the air of the TV channel «Russia 24.»
According to him, both countries plan to sign an agreement on the development of military-technical cooperation within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Note, Russia has already signed such agreements with other CSTO partners — Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia.
Earlier, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev told reporters after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow and Bishkek are considering the issue of increasing arms supplies.