OREANDA-NEWS. May 18, 2009. Products of the defence sector of the Belarusian economy are internationally competitive, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said when opening MILEX-2009 in Minsk, reported the Official website government.by.

The exhibition presents the armaments, military and special-purpose machines based on the latest information and telecommunication technologies including automation equipment, radio communications system, radar and aerospace equipment, precision weapons information support and others.

The Fifth MILEX 2009 International Armaments and Materiel Expo is the trademark of the Belarusian defence industry, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said. “MILEX is expected to give more international exposure to new technologies and achievements of Belarus’ defence sector and defence industries of other countries - participants of the exhibition,” the Prime Minister said.

According to him, MILEX has become a traditional venue for meetings, searching for new partners, establishing contacts and concluding contracts. The goal of the forum is to showcase the latest achievements of Belarus in research, design, production and modernization of armaments and materiel.

Sergei Sidorsky noted that the exhibition is aimed at introducing potential partners to the whole range of products made by the defence industry of Belarus which can make healthy competition to foreign defence sectors.

The participants of MILEX 2009 are 145 exhibitors. Of them are 110 from Belarus, 29 from Russia, 5 from Ukraine, and delegations from 27 more states including China, Sudan, Turkey, Bulgaria, Poland, Egypt, Libya, India, the UAE, Iran, Peru and others. The programme of the exhibition embraces the 4th international scientific conference to highlight the issues of defence and security, creation of conditions for further development of military and technical cooperation and integration of states in the area.

Attending the opening ceremony of the MILEX 2009 exhibition was State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Yuri Zhadobin, State Secretary of the Belarus-Russia Union State Pavel Borodin, CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha, the Defense Ministers of Ukraine and Sudan, heads of the general staffs of Azerbaijan and the UAE, Chief of the General Armament Department of the People’s Liberation Army of China General Chang Wanquan, representatives of other military organisations.