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High-tech companies from Russia enter Peruvian market — ambassador

Peru became the first country in South America where Yandex launched its international taxi service under the Yango brand

MOSCOW, December 1. /TASS/. Moscow and Lima are continuing military-technical cooperation and Russian high-tech companies, in particular Yandex, are coming to Peru, Russian Ambassador to Peru Igor Romanchenko said in an interview with TASS.

"The military-technical cooperation is continuing. We highlight the delivery of Peruvian mining equipment to Russia and the arrival of high-tech companies from Russia here - such as Yandex or specialists in decoding remote sensing data," the diplomat said.

Peru became the first country in South America where Yandex launched its international taxi service under the Yango brand.

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