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تأكيد رسمي من الجانب الروسي و من الجانب العراقي ان الصفقه ستتم
الصفقه تشمل 30 مروحيه m-28 و 50 وحده بانستر للدفاع الجوي
وزير الخارجيه العراقي يؤكد اتمام الصفقه
has started fulfilling its recent arms exports contract with Iraq after receiving an advance payment from Baghdad, Russian Technologies (Rostech) CEO Sergei Chemezov said.
“The
contract is being implemented, the production [of ordered equipment]
has started,” Chemezov told RIA Novosti at the opening ceremony of a
Russian grenade-launcher assembly facility in Jordan on Thursday.
Iraqi
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki signed an arms package purchase agreement
with Russia worth $4.2 billion during his visit to Moscow in October
2012.
Under the deal, Moscow is to supply 30 Mil Mi-28NE night/all-weather capable attack helicopters, and 50 Pantsyr-S1 gun-missile short-range air defense systems.
The
deal was suspended by Iraqi authorities a few weeks after the signing
over suspicions of corruption. The Iraqi Parliament initiated an investigation into several officials suspected of taking kickbacks.
However,
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in March 2013 that Iraq and
Russia had initialed a revised deal and deliveries under the contract
would start by summer.
The corruption investigation was closed
shortly after but resumed in May. Iraqi officials said at the time the
probe would not affect the Russian contract.
الصفقه تشمل 30 مروحيه m-28 و 50 وحده بانستر للدفاع الجوي
وزير الخارجيه العراقي يؤكد اتمام الصفقه
has started fulfilling its recent arms exports contract with Iraq after receiving an advance payment from Baghdad, Russian Technologies (Rostech) CEO Sergei Chemezov said.
“The
contract is being implemented, the production [of ordered equipment]
has started,” Chemezov told RIA Novosti at the opening ceremony of a
Russian grenade-launcher assembly facility in Jordan on Thursday.
Iraqi
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki signed an arms package purchase agreement
with Russia worth $4.2 billion during his visit to Moscow in October
2012.
Under the deal, Moscow is to supply 30 Mil Mi-28NE night/all-weather capable attack helicopters, and 50 Pantsyr-S1 gun-missile short-range air defense systems.
The
deal was suspended by Iraqi authorities a few weeks after the signing
over suspicions of corruption. The Iraqi Parliament initiated an investigation into several officials suspected of taking kickbacks.
However,
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in March 2013 that Iraq and
Russia had initialed a revised deal and deliveries under the contract
would start by summer.
The corruption investigation was closed
shortly after but resumed in May. Iraqi officials said at the time the
probe would not affect the Russian contract.
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