UPDATE: Ministry: MAKS air show to take place in 2021

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MOSCOW, Mar 23 (PRIME) -- The MAKS air show will take place in 2021, the decision has been agreed on, and over 40 countries intend to participate, the Industry and Trade Ministry said on Tuesday.

“The most important thing is that MAKS will take place, this decision has been agreed on. It means that we must hold this event at a consistently high level, as it has always been,” Minister Denis Manturov was quoted as saying.

State industrial corporation Rostec said it plans to show a wide range of developments, including a “fundamentally new” aircraft at the MAKS-2021 air show.

The show will take place on July 20–25.

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