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Saturday, July 01, 2006

Ukraine supplied long-range cruise missiles to China, Iran'

Kh-55 Granat missile (NATO reporting name AS-15 Kent)

Ukraine had supplied 12 long-range nuclear capable cruise missiles to China and Iran in violation of missile control regime, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov claimed today.

The Ukrainian company 'Progressv, a subsidiary of official arms exporting agency 'Ukrspetsexport', supplied China and Iran each with six nuclear-capable long-range Soviet Kh-55 Granat cruise missiles (NATO reporting name AS-15 Kent) in 2000-2001, Ivanov was quoted as saying by Interfax.

"This is the grossest violation of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)," Ivanov said adding that the Ukrainian authorities had been informed and an investigation started.

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