23.06.2011.
Press conference on occasion of Partner 2011 arms fair
On occasion of the upcoming 5th International Arms and Militray Equipment fair to be held at the Belgrade fair grounds, a press conference was held today with Ilija Pilipoic, Assistant Minister for Material Resources, Yugoimport SDPR CEO Stevan Nikcevic and the representative of Belgrade fair Mirjana Lukic announcing the upcoming event.Speaking about the importance of the upcoming conference, Pilipovic stressed that the main focus of the fair was the region, which was fulfilled.
The name of the fair Partner has completely lived up to our expectations, he stated, adding that next week we can expect the representatives of regional countries as well as of those beyond region to attend the fair.
What we find really encouraging is the announced number of delegations of industries of other countries, besides those who will exhibit their products. These representatives of foreign industries will come here through their chambers of commerce and embassies. So we can safely say that this year’s manifestation goes beyond the framework of an arms fair and becomes a fair of defense, since modern armaments cannot exist without institutions tasked with overhaul, training and education, quality control, or the required infrastructure to support these systems.
In his words, the visitors will have a unique opportunity to see, besides the exhibited arms and equipment, a special program of dialogue between technicians and tacticians, weapon users and researchers who develop new equipment and weapons, as well as talks between producers and those who test weapons.A special segment will be dedicated to NATO codification which will be primarily focused on arms producers, since the main goal of this year’s event is to have a set date when the first Serbian-made weapon will be codified according to these standards.
He also announced that SAF members will present how certain weapons are operated. CEO of Yugoimport SDPR Stevan Nikcevic estimated that Partner was growing into a traditional manifestation, as proven by the number of participating countries and foreign delegations.
- Yugoimport SDPR, as an integrator of the Serbian defense industry, will this year participate along with its six basic factories, with other factories who produce certain defense technologies, as Nikcevic pointed out, emphasizing tat the visitors would e able to see both products for home and foreign markets.
As regards the exhibition space, the representative of the fair Mirjana Lukic stressed that this manifestation will span the largest area so far, and that it has been done in all segments modeled after the latest manifestations of this type in the world.This year’s fair of arms and military equipment partner 2011 with 90 exhibitors from home and abroad confirming their participation, will be organized under the auspices of the MoD,. Yugoimport SDPR and Belgrade fair, from 28 June to 1 July 2011, in halls 1, 1a, part of the hall 4, and at the 5.022 square meters of open exhibition space.