Russia will respect totally contracts with Syria for delivery of weapons military equipment 2103123

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 08:39 AM
 
Russia will respect totally its contracts with Syria for delivery of weapons and military equipment.
Russia will respect totally its contracts of military and technical cooperation with Syria, said the General Chief of Staff of the Russian armed forces, Nikolai Makarov, to the journalists, Tuesday, March 20, 2012.
     
Russia will respect totally its contracts of military and technical cooperation with Syria, said the General Chief of Staff of the Russian armed forces, Nikolai Makarov, to the journalists, Tuesday, March 21, 2012.
General Chief of Staff of the Russian armed forces, Nikolai Makarov. (Archive image)
     

"The military equipment covered by the contracts will be completely delivered, because we do not apply sanctions," Mr. Makarov said after the question of whether Russia would planned to deliver S-300 air defense systems to Syria.

The Russian-made surface-to-air missile S-300 is designed for protection of industrial and administrative sites, military bases and command post against air and space attacks. The S-300 is able to destroy ballistic and cruise missiles, and to shoot aircraft at a range of 150 km and altitude up to 27 km.

Between the years 2007 and 2011, Russia delivered several weapons systems to Syria, including Buk SA-17 SAM systems (8), SA-17 Grizzly missiles (160), K-300P Bastion P coastal defence system (2) and fighter aircraft Mig-29MT Fulcrum and MiG-31M Foxhound-B.