Italian Defense
Minister Ignazio La Russa confirmed the country's readiness
to transfer production technology for LMV manufacturing
in Russia and their subsequent sales to CIS states, Serdyukov's
press secretary Irina Kovalchuk said.
A
Russian defense industry source said in August talks were
underway on LMV assembly under license at the KamAZ automaker
in Naberezhnye Chelny.
In
mid-March the Russian Defense Ministry dismissed media
reports that it was planning to purchase up to 1,000 Iveco
M65 LMVs.
Italian
LMVs have been used in Iraq, Afghanistan and other NATO
missions abroad, where they have performed admirably.
