DHAKA: Bangladesh Ministry of Defense concluded with the company “Rosoboronexport” contract for the supply of five military transport helicopters Mi- 171SH.

On this, as reported by ITAR – TASS news agency, said the director of the Special Assignments “Rosoboronexport” Nikolai Dimidyuk.

Transaction amount is not specified. Supply helicopters will be on account of export credit in the amount of a billion dollars, issued by Bangladesh Russia.

Agreement to provide export credit Bangladesh signed in January 2013. On account of the same transaction will be delivered to Bangladesh combat training aircraft Yak-130. Their transfer to the customer, according to Dimidyuk, begins in the second half of 2015. In total, the Bangladeshi military should get 15 Russian aircraft.

Early last year, when it signed an agreement on the allocation of export credit Bangladesh, Russia also agreed to provide the country $ 500 million for the first phase of construction of nuclear power plants” Ruppoor.” It began last fall.

Source: indiandefence.com
BDST: 0926 HRS, APR 21, 2014