Russia Sends More Advanced Weapons To Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. © RIA Novosti. Mikhail Mokrushin

Russia 'Does Not Understand' Uproar Over Syria Arms Sales -- The Telegraph

Russia's foreign minister has said he did not understand the international uproar created by Moscow's continuing weapons cooperation with regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

"I do not understand why the media is trying to create a sensation out of this," said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "We have not hidden that we supply weapons to Syria under signed contracts, without violating any international agreements, or our own legislation."

Lavrov said during a joint press appearance in Sochi with visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that Russia only supplied defence weapons that could not alter the outcome of the 26-month conflict between Assad's forces and the opposition.

"We are first and foremost supplying defence weapons related to air defence," Lavrov said in televised comments.

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