01/12/2011
BAGHDAD - Al Sabah
Revealed for security and defense committee in the House of Representatives that the Iraqi delegation to visit Russia at this time to negotiate on the processing of the Iraqi Army armor Russian. A member of the Iraqi List MP Falah Hassan Zaidan said in a statement singled out by the (morning), that an Iraqi delegation negotiating is now in the Republic of Russia to equip the Iraqi army armor can be used after the phase of the withdrawal of U.S. forces to maintain security in all provinces. He said Zidane, the Commission and the relevant processing of the Iraqi armed forces have stressed the need to diversify sources of arms, indicating that the main support of the weapons will remain for the United States. It was hoped to start in Ukraine last April to send the first batch of armored vehicles to Iraq under the contract between the parties valued at $ 550 million.
The news agency RIA Novosti Russian company Aochrisbets Export Ukrainian saying that he was to sign a statement delivered with the Iraqi side for the first batch of the armor by 25 vehicles. The contract with Iraq on the Ukraine supplied more than 400 armored vehicles and 6 transport aircraft AN 32 over the three years and a half.
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