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| Russia: We will honor Syria arms contracts |
| 2011-11-14 |
| Russia will honor all arms contacts with Syria despite continuing violence against anti-government protesters in the country, a senior military official said on Sunday. “Since there are no restrictions on the supply of arms to Syria, Russia will fulfill its obligations under the contracts signed with this country,” Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, deputy head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, told reporters in Dubai. Dzirkaln said Moscow saw “dialogue between the government and opposition as the only solution to the current crisis” and called on Damascus to end its crackdown on protesters. Dzirkaln also warned against a “repetition of the Libyan scenario” in the country. He said Russia was keen to resume arms sales to Libya. In September, Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) chair Mustafa Abdul Jalil said his country would not buy Russian arms. Dzirkaln also said Russia hoped to continue arms sales to Yemen when violence there ended. |
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