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Post by Daniel on Dec 7, 2015 13:05:57 GMT -5
Putin aide foresees major growth in Russia-Iran weapons contracts
7 Dec, 2015 RTNews
The lifting of international economic sanctions on Iran could bring Russia billions in weapons contracts, the Russian president’s top aide for military-industrial cooperation has said.
“When all the restrictions are removed and all the sanctions are lifted we will have quite a serious development in the field of military-industrial cooperation. It is already taking place in fields that are not covered by sanctions, and in future we are expecting to enter very large projects,” Vladimir Kozhin said in an interview with Izvestia daily.
The official added that Iran has shown great interest in cooperation with Russian weapons companies because practically all of its military forces require a major overhaul.
“Considering the fact that this is a large country with large military forces, we are talking very big contracts, worth billions,” Kozhin noted.
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