Iraq imports Russian tanks in a deal exceeded one billion dollars


Russia will supply Iraq with a large batch of tanks of the T-90s / CK, a Russian military cooperation official said on Thursday.
“A serious deal involving a large batch of tanks has been made. I can not disclose the exact amount, but the number of tanks will be great,” Kojin said in an interview with Isfestia.
The newspaper pointed out, quoting the Russian official, that this batch is only the first of several payments of Russian military equipment, which is planned to be supplied to Iraq.
“We can talk about the supply of several hundred tanks as part of a deal worth more than $ 1 billion,” he said.
It should be noted that the Russian media revealed earlier that the Iraqi army is scheduled to supply, in 2017, 73 tanks T-90s / sq.
The Security and Defense Committee of the Iraqi parliament announced Tuesday (July 18, 2017) the arrival of the first batch of Russian armored weapons, including T90 tanks.
The head of the security and defense committee, Zamili, said the first meal of the Russian armored brigade, contracted by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense for purchase from Russia, would arrive in Iraq soon, pointing out that the brigade consists of tanks T90 and armored personnel carriers.
“These tanks are a developed generation of T-72 tanks,” he said. “The Iraqi staff is trained on this type of weapon and its price is less than that of the American tank,” he said, noting that “Russian weapons are no less important than US weapons.”

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