MNA � At the opening ceremony of the 5th International Military-Technical Forum (ARMY-2019) in Moscow, Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Brigadier General Ghasem Taghizadeh conferred on security and military ties with ministers and senior military officials from participating countries.











Heading a high delegation of Iran�s Defense Ministry and the Army, Brigadier�Taghizadeh traveled to Moscow at the invitation of Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu on Tuesday morning.

The event began in the�Moscow�Region on Tuesday and will run until�Sunday.

The defense forum is an exhibition�event�that is organized by the�Russian�Defense Ministry to demonstrate the country's innovative ideas and achievements in the field of high-technology production.

The forum's goals are to promote technological re-equipment and increase the effectiveness of the Defense Ministry's activities; stimulate the innovative development of�Russia's defense�industry�and activities of promising�young�specialists; develop�Russian�military and technical cooperation with foreign countries; educate citizens in order to awaken their spirit of patriotism; form a positive image of the�Russian�Defense Ministry as a modern and dynamically developing structure; and popularize service in the country's armed forces.

The Army-2019 forum is a multifaceted�event�that, apart�from�the main exposition, includes special projects, such as the international exhibition of high-throughput equipment and technologies for reequipping enterprises of the military-industrial complex, Intellectual�Technology�Exhibition�2019, and Innovation Club special exhibition, according to the event's website.