KYIV. Feb 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) – State Enterprise Antonov (Kyiv) and Saudi Arabia’s Taqnia have signed an agreement of cooperation in organization of production of new An-32 multipurpose aircraft with a carrying capacity of 9.2 tonnes in Saudi Arabia, the press service of Antonov reported on Monday.
The signing ceremony was held at AFED−2016 being held on February 21 through February 28 in Riyadh in the presence of Mohammed Al−Ayish, Assistant Secretary of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Highness Prince Turki bin Saud Mohammed A.Al−Saud and other officials of Saudi Arabia.
This agreement sets certain plans as for delivery, organization of operation, after-sale support of Antonov aircraft of the An−132, An−148 families and An−178. It also concerns further joint works on organization of cooperative production of the An−132 in Saudi Arabia.
“It is very important event in our cooperation with partners from Saudi Arabia. Today we made the certain step in our relations based on the preliminary agreements. This document could be considered as the roadmap for our interaction by joint programmes,” Antonov President Mykhailo Hvozdov said.
