Burundi Interested In Purchasing Russia's Pantsir Air Defense System - Defense Minister

KUBINKA (Moscow region) (Pakistan Point news / Sputnik - 25th August, 2018) Burundi considers buying the Russian-made Pantsir-S1 medium-range surface-to-air missile systems, Burundi's Defense Minister Emmanuel Ntahomvukiye said on Friday.

"I am very interested in what I saw. I have been told a lot about this complex. It is very powerful... My country is interested in buying it," Ntahomvukiye said on the sidelines of the Army-2018 international defense forum.

Earlier in the week, Russia and Burundi signed an agreement on defense cooperation.

The Army-2018 international defense forum is now underway in the Moscow region. The event, supported by the Russian Defense Ministry, combines an arms exhibition with extensive congress agenda, and welcomes a total of 1,200 exhibitors from 14 countries. The forum has started on August 21 and will last until August 26.