The defense ministers of Kazakhstan and Israel have agreed to jointly manufacture drones
In Tel Aviv, within the framework of the official visit of the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Israel, a meeting of the heads of defense departments of the two countries and a ceremony of meeting with the participation of the guard of honor took place, Tengrinews.kz reports.
Imangali Tasmagambetov congratulated Avigdor Lieberman on his appointment to the post of defense minister and wished him success in strengthening the state’s military security. According to the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, our countries have a good diplomatic relations just under a quarter of a century. Over the years, a tremendous journey has been made. There is close cooperation between Kazakhstan and Israel in all spheres.
"As you know, the main condition for the productive development of any state is its security. It is quite natural that we are interested in developing relations in the field of defense with your country. For this we have a solid legal base in the field of military-technical cooperation," said Tasmagambetov .
At the meeting, the heads of the defense departments of Kazakhstan and Israel discussed issues of mutual interest, in particular, concerning bilateral relations.
It is noted that the Kazakh army is moving along the path of developing the level of mobility and effectiveness in combat training. In this regard, the study of the Israeli experience in attracting special forces for crisis response operations represents a unique platform for realizing the goals set. Also one of the important areas is the exchange of information in the field of security.
The issue of the production of high-tech weapons. During the meeting, agreements were reached on the joint production of unmanned aerial vehicles on Israeli technology in Kazakhstan. As the world experience of the use of UAVs for both military and civilian purposes shows, there is a need to organize assembly production and technical support for tactical UAVs.
"This project will be implemented in Astana at an aviation-technical center, which has the necessary production capacity and personnel potential for organizing assembly production and servicing of UAVs, subject to obtaining appropriate technologies and training of specialists," said the Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan during the meeting.
In addition, there is an agreement to train the Kazakh military on the basis of the Israeli Center for the training of UAV operators.
In turn, the Israeli Defense Minister noted that this visit will have a positive effect on the further development of the interaction of defense departments.
"We value our historical relations and your state as the most striking example, which was able to realize tolerance on such a scale, where all faiths and nationalities exist peacefully. We dream that in the Middle East there was just such an understanding of tolerance. This is all thanks to the President of Kazakhstan. Everything related to military-technical cooperation, we are more than welcome and will try our best to implement the plans. Modern warfare differs from the previous one in that without precision weapons armies cannot be successful, "said Avigdor Lieberman.
Within the framework of the official visit, the Kazakh military delegation headed by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan visited a number of leading companies of world manufacturers of military equipment: Elbit Systems, a company for the development and modernization of various types of weapons, UAV systems, avionics, and radar, takes part in the development of space reconnaissance satellites; company "Rafael" - for the production of missile and aviation technologies of air defense systems, tactical missile weapons.
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