"Interest from aircraft to armored boats": Bolivia is establishing military cooperation with Russia

August 27 2023

Representatives of the military departments of Bolivia and Russia met on the sidelines of the Army-2023 forum to discuss new measures to establish military cooperation between the two countries. The delegation of this South American state was led by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General of the Army Hugo Eduardo Arandia Lopez.

Bolivia and Russia have drawn up several agreements on military-technical cooperation; however, the signing of any contract regarding the acquisition of Russian military equipment has not been disclosed to date. Although La Paz's interest in a wide range of products was voiced - from aircraft to armored boats

- says the Spanish edition of Infodefensa, pointing to the halo of secrecy surrounding the military-technical cooperation of the two countries.

As reported, the plans for the modernization of the Bolivian army provide for the acquisition from Moscow of light weapons (automatic weapons, machine guns, etc.), tactical equipment, armored vehicles, and artillery.

The country's Navy, for its part, is interested in armored boats from the Russian Federation, necessary for the transfer of troops and emergency assistance in case of natural disasters, as well as in hovercraft.

Aviation intends to purchase a Yak-130 training aircraft from the Kremlin. At the same time, negotiations were underway on the purchase of Mi-17V-5 helicopters.

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Thrifty 27 August 2023 14: 45
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Do they make armored boats in our country? Boats with Kevlar sides do not count!
Alien From 27 August 2023 14: 48
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Why not! It's better to be friends with South America
Soldatov V. 27 August 2023 14: 55
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Bolivia is the country where Che Guevara was killed. What do we need there? Except bananas, if they grow there.
Give them weapons? Free again? Do we need it? Until we defeat the Ukrainian fascists, not a ruble to anyone, even in humanitarian cases. :soldier
As a last resort, let them erect a monument to the fighter for social justice and repent.
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2. bayard 28 August 2023 02: 19
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  As a last resort, let them erect a monument to the fighter for social justice and repent.
  
  Actually, as far as I know, in Bolivia, not only monuments ... even altars to Che Guevara stand and he is revered as a saint. In any case, I saw such stories in the stories of our travelers.
  
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  Give them weapons? Free again?
  
  In the Russian Federation, capitalism, everything is just for money. But they have money for these weapons, tea is not swung at aircraft carriers.
  In general, Bolivia is also a country of the Bolivarian Revolution.
Feodor13 27 August 2023 14: 59
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Bolivia's best "will come" from us - helicopters. In neighboring Peru, the Mi repair center is open. It must be strengthened by the number of serviced equipment so that the Russian Federation in SA for a long time "registers".

Rosatom bought a license for a lithium deposit in Bolivia.
Helicopters will also not do.
1. Soldatov V. 27 August 2023 15: 15
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  In addition to Brazil (which is not a fact), the countries of South America are still rogue. They are still on their way to civilization. We do not have enough helicopters for hard-to-reach places, but we are talking about South America.
  Let the US and Europe keep it for free. We have our own lithium deposits through the roof.
  1. Stella el-Khouri 27 August 2023 15: 21
    
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    In addition to Brazil (which is not a fact), the countries of South America are still rogue. They are still on their way to civilization. We do not have enough helicopters for hard-to-reach places, but we are talking about South America.
    Let the US and Europe keep it for free. We have our own lithium deposits through the roof.
    
    Brazil is just a "rogue", and the most developed country in South America is Chile.
Soul of Russia87 27 August 2023 15: 00
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Meanwhile, Russophobic Kazakhstan is slowly but surely drifting into Turkey's zone of influence. Hello, this is for a moment 7500 km of the border in our underbelly! What a stump Bolivia!
tralflot1832 27 August 2023 15: 00
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It will not be difficult to own a copy of a Ukrainian trophy boat (we have two of them). So, in between, Rosatom signed an investment agreement with Bolivia in June for $ 600 million for the extraction of lithium. The money must be returned to Russia.
Stella el-Khouri 27 August 2023 15: 23
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Meanwhile, Russophobic Kazakhstan is slowly but surely drifting into Turkey's zone of influence. Hello, this is for a moment 7500 km of the border in our underbelly! What a stump Bolivia!

Kazakhstan is trying to localize the production of weapons at home, what is wrong with this from the point of view of Astana and the Kazakhs? Moreover, they do not want to depend solely on supplies from Russia, buying weapons from friendly countries.
1. Soul of Russia87 27 August 2023 15: 39
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  People like you are apparently sitting in the leadership of the Russian Federation, nothing ... wait for the next khokhlyatsky rooster fried only in the square!
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    People like you are apparently sitting in the leadership of the Russian Federation, nothing ... wait for the next khokhlyatsky rooster fried only in the square!
    
    Fortunately, I have not lived in the CIS for a long time. So why are you better than the United States with their Monroe Doctrine, or is it something else and I didn’t understand something? From the point of view of Kazakhstan, there are only pluses here - economic integration with Turkey, obtaining technologies, jobs, good weapons, diversifying weapons suppliers and the opportunity to become a member of Turkish defense programs, Azerbaijan has already received such a status
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    ..wait for the next khokhlyatsky rooster fried only in the square!
    
    Semyon, are you calling for the opening of another CBO? Or what are you calling for? Maybe start fattening Kazakhs for the sake of love and good neighborliness?
    They have a blackout, the energy system is falling apart, they have not dealt with it all the post-Soviet years. Do you think the Turks will help them with this? Do not rush Erdogan's horses with his external expansion projects 80% fail or cause losses / do not pay off. That's why there are problems in economics and finance. Although the progress is obvious. And after Erdogan, Turkey will completely fall apart (I don’t want it, but I heard a forecast of 90-95%). So don't worry, everything has its time.
marat2016 27 August 2023 15: 40
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1. They have been expressing deep interest for about 20 years, but in practice, the main supplier is China. 2. There is not a single contract with the Russian Federation. 3. Although yes, if you take and donate, then everyone will take it.
storm 27 August 2023 22: 32
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voiced La Paz's interest in a wide range of products - from aircraft to armored boats

The main thing is not to be in debt or under our loans, which then we will have to pay off ourselves .....