Rosoboronexport offered Azerbaijan to organize the licensed production of "Tiger" armored vehicles in the country, Assistant to the Azerbaijani Defense Industry Minister Azad Mammadov told ARMS-TASS at the 10th International Salon of Weapons and Military Equipment IDEX-2011 in Abu Dhabi.
"Rosoboronexport offered a number of interesting proposals on joint military equipment production. This is, in particular, a project concerning the production of armored vehicles. We have received a proposal and are considering it," Mammadov said. He added that representatives of the company have repeatedly visited Azerbaijan to make presentations.
Mammadov noted that the country's production capacity is able to manufacture the "Tiger."
"We already have experience in licensed production," he said.
He added that under an agreement with South Africa, Azerbaijani companies are already carrying out orders to supply the "Marauder" machinery.
"We have orders and we are have already established full-scale production," Mammadov said.