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Serbia is considering to buy Russian fighter aircraft to increase its air force military power 2911123.
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Serbia
is considering Russia’s offer to renew its air force with jets made
by state-owned United Aircraft Corp. JSC (UNAC), Defense Minister Aleksandar
Vucic said. The offer came in response to Serbia’s request in 2010
and the government is considering it now because “we are interested
in increasing our military power,” Vucic told reporters in Belgrade
today, after meeting with Russian Deputy Premier Dmitry Rogozin and United
Aircraft Chairman Mikhail Pogosyan. He didn’t specify the type or
the number of aircraft. |
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 Serbian Air Force is mainly equipped with Russian aircraft as the fighter aircraft MiG-29. |
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Vucic
said the defense industry cooperation may also include production of 57-millimeter
and 155-millimeter caliber ammunition, while Russian manufacturers may
also provide chassis and other parts for armored vehicles Serbia plans
to produce for its own army and for buyers in Bangladesh and Kenya.
“We both have the will and the money to invest in Serbia,” said Rogozin, whose country backs Serbia in not recognizing its breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent state. “We support Serbia not only because we are friends but because we insist on the principle of territorial integrity.” Prime Minister Ivica Dacic’s Cabinet of Socialists, former nationalists and technocrats, in office since July, has increasingly turned to Russia for economic ties and financial assistance, as the country’s plans to join the European Union depend on improved ties with Kosovo, which unilaterally declared independence in 2008. |
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