Beijing looks forward to the development and expansion of the bilateral military-technical cooperation
Moscow. February 23. INTERFAX - Cooperation in the field of high technologies is an important part of military-technical cooperation (MTC) between Russia and China, Chinese Ambassador to Moscow Zhang Hanhui said in an interview with Interfax.
"Exchanges and interaction between the two sides in the field of high-tech equipment technologies have become an important content of Sino-Russian military-technical cooperation," Zhang Hanhui said.
According to him, the military-technical cooperation with Russia is at a "high level of development," and with the deepening and development of relations between the two countries, "it will undoubtedly acquire new shades."
"Important cooperation projects on which both sides have reached consensus are steadily moving forward. China attaches great importance to cooperation in this area and will work together with Russia to promote the development of Sino-Russian military-technical cooperation at a higher level and in a broader sphere," the ambassador said.
He noted that the military-technical cooperation between China and Russia "not only meets the fundamental interests of the two countries and contributes to regional stability and development, but also is an important guarantee of maintaining international strategic balance and world peace."
China is one of Russia's key partners in military-technical cooperation. In January 2019, the head of the Federal Customs Service Dmitry Shugaev announced that the order portfolio for the MTC with China is more than $ 7 billion. According to the head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, China accounts for more than 15% of the portfolio of Russian export orders in the field of military-technical cooperation.
It was officially reported that Russia fulfilled a major contract for the supply of S-400 Triumph air defense systems to China (Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region), and also supplied Beijing with 24 Su-35 fighter jets (Sukhoi, UAC) with a total cost of about $2.5 billion. The head of the Federal Customs Service stated that Russia is ready to negotiate with China on the supply of additional batches of S-400 and Su-35.
In addition, the Russian Federation is fulfilling a contract for the supply of 18 Mi-171Sh transport and assault helicopters to China - all vehicles should be handed over to the customer in 2022.
In December 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia and China were jointly developing "separate high-tech types of weapons." "We work in space, we work in the field of aviation: both on airplanes and on helicopters," he said.
In October 2019, Putin announced that Russia was helping China to create a missile attack warning system.
In the fall of 2017, the US Treasury announced the imposition of sanctions against the Technology Development Department of the Central Military Council of the People's Republic of China due to China's purchase of the S-400 and Su-35. Restrictive measures were introduced within the framework of the CAATSA Sanctions Act ("The Act on Countering America's Adversaries through Sanctions"), aimed at curbing Russia's arms trade.
