Russia Exported Over $2.5Bln Worth Of Weaponry To Indonesia Over 26 Years -Rosoboronexport

Since 1992, Russia has exported arms worth over $2.5 billion to Indonesia, Russia's Rosoboronexport state arms exporter said in a statement Tuesday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd April, 2019) Since 1992, Russia has exported arms worth over $2.5 billion to Indonesia, Russia's Rosoboronexport state arms exporter said in a statement Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, the company said that Russia had signed a contract for the supply to Indonesia of BT-3F amphibious armored personnel carriers and BMP-3F infantry fighting vehicles.

"The USSR and the Republic of Indonesia carried out defense industry cooperation since 1958.

Those ties between Moscow and Jakarta intensified between the late 1990s and early 2000s. In total, since November 1992, the total exports of military products to Indonesia amounted to more than $2.5 billion," the statement reads.

Rosoboronexport added that Russia had delivered BTR-80A armored personnel carriers, BMP-3F infantry fighting vehicles, Kalashnikov assault rifles, various Sukhoi Su aircraft and Mi helicopters, as well as other weapons and military equipment to Indonesia.