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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Russia rules out supplying missiles to Iran

S-300 PMU"A decision has been taken not to supply the S-300 to Iran. They definitely fall under sanctions," said General Nikolai Makarov, the chief of the Russian army's general staff.

The general's words, in a statement to reporters, were the first public confirmation that Moscow had cancelled the controversial sale. Anatoly Serdyukov, the Russian defence minister, said separately that the decision to kill the deal had been personally taken by President Dmitry Medvedev.

"This is dictated by a complicated military and political situation in the region and support for the United Nations sanctions against Iran," Mr Serdyukov explained in an interview with Bloomberg.

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