The United States expressed concern on Wednesday about Russia’s arms sales to Iran, Syria and Venezuela and accused Moscow of bullying its neighbors, Reuters news agency reported March 21.
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March 22, 2007Ivan Safronov, a correspondent for Russian business daily who died recently in what is seen as a suicide, had been investigating a prepared deal to supply Russian weapons to Syria and Iran and received threats from Russian state security service, the Kommersant daily reported on Monday.
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March 6, 2007Israel is seriously concerned that Russia could sell advanced anti-tank weapon systems to Syria capable of piercing the most modern armour, the Yediot Aharonot newspaper reported Friday.
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March 2, 2007Damascus is close to concluding a large deal with Russia to procure thousands of advanced anti-tank missiles for the Syrian army.
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February 23, 2007Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow Tuesday to discuss turmoil in the Middle East, with Russian weapons sales to Syria also likely to be high on the agenda, AFP reports.
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December 19, 2006Syrian President Bashar Assad is to visit Russia next week to discuss the situation in the region, primarily Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, as well as bilateral issues, Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa told Russian journalists in Damascus on Wednesday.
“Russia is an increasingly important country for us. Its role is important. Our region is placing high hopes on Russia, given its geopolitical location,” he said.
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December 13, 2006
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora is to travel to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, AFP reports.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Asad is expected to visit Russia on December 19.
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November 28, 2006
The Rostov Helicopter Production Complex, or Rostvertol, has displayed the export version of the Mi-28N. Rostvertol has briefed military delegations from Iran and Syria at the recent China-2006 air show in China.
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November 21, 2006Syria has done nothing to deserve international sanctions as it has cooperated with a UN probe into the killing of Lebanon’s former premier Rafiq Hariri, Russia’s foreign minister has said in an interview quoted by AFP.
“Frankly, I do not see what Syria could have done to deserve facing sanctions,†Sergei Lavrov told the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday.
“We believe that Syria is actively cooperating with the UN investigation in the (February 2005) assassination of Lebanon’s former PM Rafiq Hariri. International investigators visit Syria frequently, meet Syrian officials and present their reports to the UN security council,†he said.
“I have not heard any accusation of default against Syria,†in this regard, he told the London-based Arabic daily.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said late September the United States was hoping to convince its allies to back new sanctions against Syria in response to its purported role in destabilizing Lebanon and Iraq and supporting the radical Palestinian movement Hamas.
Lavrov also praised Syria for avoiding turning the July war between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel into a regional conflict.
“Thank God that war did not turn into an all-out regional war … That did not happen because the Syrian leadership took a very responsible stand and avoided all that could have dragged Syria into the furnace of the military conflict,†the minister said.
Syria earned rare praise from U.S. President George W. Bush’s administration for thwarting an attack on its embassy in Damascus on September 12.
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October 27, 2006
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