Cooperation with Iran complies with UN resolutions: Russia

EghtesadOnline: The director of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation says that cooperation with Iran is not at odds with UN resolutions.

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30 August 2017

Russia's defense industry cooperation with Iran and Libya does not contradict the UN Security Council resolutions, the director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev told the Kommersant newspaper.

"We are strictly adhering to all international commitments we have undertaken. We have documents adopted by the United Nations and all subsequent decrees of the country [Russia's] leadership. This concerns both Libya and Iran," ISNA quoted him as saying.

The FSMTC director added that Russia and Iran were discussing the maintenance of previous deliveries, which was well within the international legal framework.

Russia and Iran signed a contract for deliveries of S-300 missile systems in 2007, however, its implementation was suspended in 2010 when the Russian then- president claimed that the contract was at odds with UNSC resolution. But the incumbent Russian president Vladimir Putin has lifted the restriction and Moscow completed deliveries of S-300 systems to Iran last year.