An Italian military delegation has arrived in Moscow to hold talks on bilateral military-technical cooperation, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
The delegation is led by Deputy Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, who will meet with Russian First Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin on October 19.
"The sides are expected to discuss the current state and the prospects of bilateral military and military-technical cooperation," the ministry said in a statement.
In August, the Kommersant daily said the Defense Ministry was planning to set up an assembly line with the Italian Iveco company to produce LMV M65 tactical vehicles in Russia. The Italian vehicles have already been included in the list of Russian military equipment, the paper said at the time.
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said in September that Russia would buy Italian vehicles only if Iveco would agree to set up a joint assembly line in Russia.
The Russian state corporation Rostekhnologii is reportedly holding talks with Iveco on launching the joint venture with a planned minimum capacity of 500 vehicles per year.
MOSCOW, October 18 (RIA Novosti)
