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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Russia woos Egypt with biggest weapons deal since Cold War

MiG-29 M2Russia is negotiating its biggest weapons deals with Egypt since the Cold War as it seeks to capitalize on U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to cut defence aid to the military-backed government.

Egypt is seeking as much as $2 billion of Russian weaponry, including MiG-29 fighter planes, air-defence systems and anti-tank missiles, said Ruslan Pukhov, a member of the Russian Defense Ministry's advisory board and head of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow.

The Russian defence and foreign ministers will fly to Cairo this week for two days of talks with Egyptian officials on "military-technical" cooperation, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Nov. 8.

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