Roberto Abraham Scaruffi: Assad: Syria may host Russian missiles in its territory

Friday 22 August 2008

Assad: Syria may host Russian missiles in its territory

Assad: Syria may host Russian missiles in its territory
Syrian President Bashar Assad has pledged to support Russia in its conflict with Georgia and said that Damascus was ready to consider deploying Russian Iskander missile systems in its territory, in response to the US missile shield in Europe.
http://tinyurl.com/6zueuk

Syria to Russia: Put your missiles on our soil
Russian media on Thursday quoted Syrian President Bashar Assad as saying ahead of a two day visit to Moscow that Syria was ready to negotiate hosting Russian surface-to-surface Iskander missiles on its soil, which Moscow says are capable of penetrating any missile defense.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1014074.html

Russia says ready to supply Syria with defensive weapons
"We are ready, and Dmitry Medvedev has confirmed this, to review a Syrian request to purchase new types of weapons," Sergei Lavrov said following the meeting between Medvedev and Assad. "We will supply Syria primarily with weapons of a defensive nature that will not disturb the strategic balance in the region," he added.
http://en.rian.ru/world/20080821/116199385.html

Israel warns Russia over weapons sale to Syria
Israel has warned Russia that further weapons sales to Syria would upset the power balance in the Middle East.