Russia vows to sell missiles to Syria

Moscow (AFP) Feb 26, 2011 Russia announced Saturday that it intended to fulfil its contract to supply Syria with cruise missiles despite the turmoil shaking the region and the furious condemnation of the deal by Israel. "The contract is in the implementation stage," news agencies quoted Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov as saying.

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