Russia efforts to surpass competitors on global arms market

Russia must promote its weapons to surpass global competitors, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday. Huge work has been done to allow Russia to become a world leaders in arms sales, Medvedev said in an address to the Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service, which turns 60 Wednesday. He said multipurpose weapons and equipment have been in high demand on the global arms market. Russian weapon exports reached a record high of 15.2 billion U.S. dollars last year, President Vladimir Putin said in April. Russian-made weapons are supplied to 66 countries, Putin said. He noted that Russia has military-technical cooperation agreements with 85 countries and enjoys broad prospects for forging closer military ties with many countries.