Moscow. August 24. INTERFAX-Russia is determined to develop military cooperation with Jordan, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov said on Tuesday.
"We confirm our commitment to the progressive development of the entire range of bilateral cooperation in the military, military-technical, humanitarian and other fields," Gerasimov said during a meeting with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces, Youssef Ahmad Hamed Al - Huneiti.
In turn, the Jordanian military commander thanked Gerasimov for the invitation to the Army-2021 forum and also expressed hope for strengthening military cooperation between the two countries.
"I would like to thank you for inviting us to this forum. We visited it with pleasure and saw amazing exhibits. This pushes us to strengthen our relations in the military sphere, and in the future, I think that they will only develop, " Al-Huneiti said.
The day before, Russian President Vladimir Putin and King Abdullah II of Jordan inspected the latest samples of Russian military equipment presented at the Army-2021 forum.
Judging by the television footage, the King of Jordan and the President of the Russian Federation were shown modern Russian tanks, in particular, the T-14 Armata, the Pantsir-S short-range air defense system, the Uran-6 sapper robot and the Uran-9 combat robot, the Orion-E and Outpost-R drones.
Later, opening negotiations with the Jordanian monarch, Putin noted that they were shown only " some types of weapons that we use in our army, and we supply for export."
