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Defense News - Syria |
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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. |
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General Chief of Staff of the Russian armed forces, Nikolai Makarov. (Archive image) |
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"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. 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. |
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