OREANDA-NEWS.  Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on progress in the implementation of the State Armament Programme for 2011-2020 for Equipping the Ground Forces with Weapons and Special Equipment in Izhevsk which was attended by Sergey Kogogin, General Director of OJSC KAMAZ.

Despite the specific subject matter of the meeting, Vladimir Putin drew attention not only to “military” aspects. Addressing himself to the top manager of KAMAZ he said, “Taking the opportunity of the fact that there are representatives of the industry here, Mr. Kogogin, please answer questions from those who like your equipment and use it constantly.”

“I concern myself with different branches of production,” Russian President continued, “yesterday, if you`ve been paying attention, I met with agricultural producers. During our conversation, one of the participants, a KAMAZ driver, asked me, “Could you answer my question? We drive modern tractors, combines, and our domestic vehicles are already close to international standards, also in the quality of work of those who use this equipment. But when will KAMAZ produce a new cab?” I answered I had already seen that cabin. Mr. Kogogin showed it to me a year and a half ago. But when will vehicles be equipped with these cabs?”

“From the 1st of October the company will launch mass production of vehicles with new cabs,” Sergey Kogogin answered President.

“From the 1st of October! I think that this will be good news for anyone who uses KAMAZ vehicles,” Head of State concluded with satisfaction.