Thirty three Russian companies will take part of the largest Middle East Defence Exhibition IDEX.

The countries of the Middle East are a large market for Russian export of armament. The United Arab Emirates use several military equipment of Russian manufacture, as the tracked armoured infantry fighting vehicle BMP-3.

Russia always maintained excellent diplomatic and commercial relation with the worldwide of the Middle-East.

In 2010 the State-run Armament Program for 2011 - 2020 is supposed to be developed this year. The assigned task is to reach the annual renewal of military hardware at a level of 9-11% It allows to increase the number of modern military hardware in the Russian Army units up to 70% by 2020.

It is worth to mention that the State-run Armament Program is linked with the development of the domestic military industrial complex. The allocated money is around one trillion roubles, which makes the Program as a paramount activity.