IDEX 2019: Ukraine Armor looks to MENA region for exports
The Ukrainian Armor company will display its Varta 4x4 APCs at IDEX 2019 as it tries to earn its place on international markets after securing its first export customer for the Varta.
The company will deliver a batch of Varta 4x4 APCs to Nigeria under the first export contract for this platform, confrimed Aleksandr Kuzma, CEO of the Ukrainian Armor company. The shipment of an unspecified number of vehicles is to be made from the port of Odessa, Ukraine.
According to Kuzma, the company is already negotiating another export agreement, with a possible delivery of Varta 4x4 APCs to Saudi
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