Belarus Denies Plans To Sell Syria, Iran Weapons

From RIA Novosti:

The Belarusian president denied on Friday the country had any plans to sell weapons to Syria or Iran.

Earlier this month some Russian and foreign media reported Belarus was planning to sell S-300 surface-to-air missiles and Iskander tactical missile systems to Iran, and said that Tehran had arranged to transfer some of the systems to Syria.

"As far as S-300 and Iskander [missiles] are concerned, these complexes cannot be exported without my approval. There is not a single contract or project related to these systems that I have been asked to approve. This is utter nonsense," Alexander Lukashenko said.

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My Comment:
International arms sells always bring about controversy and alarm. The selling of advanced anti-aircraft weapons systems to either Syria or Iran is no exception to this rule.

There have been numerous reports that Russia has promised the advanced S-400 system to Iran. But these rumors have not be substantiated by any official announcement (with the exception of some denials from the foreign ministry), and some news reports. Western sources have been mute on the subject, with the exception of the odd report critical of any transfer of such military technology.

My guess .... there will be no transfer of such tech to either Syria or Iran this year. If relations with NATO or the U.S. start to sour .... I then predict that all bets will be off.

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