Russia Says It Will Keep Selling Weapons To Syria -- ABC News/AP
Russia has no intention of curtailing military cooperation with Syria despite calls from the West to stop arming President Bashar Assad's regime, a senior Russian government official said Tuesday.
Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Russia will abide by existing contracts to deliver weapons to Syria despite Assad's yearlong crackdown on the opposition, during which the U.N. says over 7,500 people have been killed.
"Russia enjoys good and strong military technical cooperation with Syria, and we see no reason today to reconsider it," Antonov told reporters.
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Update: Russia says Syrian ceasefire must be simultaneous -- Reuters
My Comment: Russian support of Assad and his regime in Syria is a disgrace .... a support that is rooted in old Cold War thinking and ideology. My prediction .... Russia is going to pay a terrible price within the Arab world when all of this is over.