Russia does not intend to provide advanced S-300 air defense missile systems to the Syrian military a Russian official said on Tuesday.
"There are no such plans as of today," Alexander Fomin, the head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, told reporters on Tuesday.
Syria requested the missile systems two years ago to, according to Russia's Tass news, deter "a possible US attack" on the country shortly after the Americans, along with the British and French, threatened to launch airstrikes against Syria in response to the lethal chemical weapons attack on Damascus in August 2013.
A Russian-drafted UN Security Council Resolution averted any western military action against Assad however in favour of Damascus surrendering its declared chemical weapons stockpile to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for dismantlement.
The S-300 is a very advanced missile capable of engaging aircraft and cruise missiles -- some of the more advanced versions of the system are even capable of shooting down ballistic missiles.
Moscow still intends to deliver such weapon systems to Iran, which originally ordered them back in 2007, following the implementation of the nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 powers last July and the consequent lifting of sanctions against Tehran last January.
"There are no such plans as of today," Alexander Fomin, the head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, told reporters on Tuesday.
Syria requested the missile systems two years ago to, according to Russia's Tass news, deter "a possible US attack" on the country shortly after the Americans, along with the British and French, threatened to launch airstrikes against Syria in response to the lethal chemical weapons attack on Damascus in August 2013.
A Russian-drafted UN Security Council Resolution averted any western military action against Assad however in favour of Damascus surrendering its declared chemical weapons stockpile to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for dismantlement.
The S-300 is a very advanced missile capable of engaging aircraft and cruise missiles -- some of the more advanced versions of the system are even capable of shooting down ballistic missiles.
Moscow still intends to deliver such weapon systems to Iran, which originally ordered them back in 2007, following the implementation of the nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 powers last July and the consequent lifting of sanctions against Tehran last January.
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