TASS - The developers of Project 22800 �Karakurt� missile corvettes expect a whole group of countries, including Iran, to display their interest in the warship�s export version, CEO of the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau Alexander Shlyakhtenko told TASS on Monday.

"In experts� estimates, the Project 22800 ships can expect strong demand from a considerable part of our traditional partners in the field of military and technical construction. These are countries of the Asia-Pacific region: Vietnam, China, India, and also Indonesia, Algeria, Iran and others," he said.

The Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau is carrying out work jointly with Russia�s state arms seller Rosoboronexport and domestic shipyards for promoting the warship�s export version, the Project 22800E �Karakurt-E�, to foreign markets, he said.

As was reported earlier, one of the contractors building this type of warships, the Leningrad Shipyard �Pella�, will feature three Karakurt-E export versions at the Army-2018 international military and technical forum. One version is furnished with the Pantsyr-ME air defense missile system while the second variant is armed with the Kashtan-M surface-to-air missile/artillery complex and the third option is equipped with the Palma seaborne automated short-range air defense artillery guns.

Project 22800 �Karakurt� warships displace about 800 tonnes and can develop a speed of over 30 knots. Their seaworthiness has been improved through the hull�s design and allows them to operate on the high seas. They are equipped, in particular, with Kalibr cruise missiles.