“There are promising cooperation projects in the field of joint development and production of weapons and military equipment both for the national armed forces of our states and in the interests of third countries,” TASS quoted him as saying.

According to the head of the FSMTC, South Africa has the most developed military-industrial complex in Africa, Russia is interested in expanding military cooperation with the Republic of South Africa.

Earlier it became known that Russia will send two strategic Tu-160 bombers to South Africa to work out the interaction of the pilots of the two states.