Russia is ready to sell S-400 air defense system to Iraq : ambassador
▻https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russia-is-ready-to-sell-s-400-air-defense-system-to-iraq-ambassador
Les Russes prêts à vendre aux Irakiens ce qu’ils ne veulent pas offrir aux Syriens (à cause des liens russo-israéliens ?) Mais ça se complique car, en termes d’armement militaire, la Chine est aussi sur les rangs (▻https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-military-switched-air-defense-systems-to-confront-israeli-attac). En tout état de cause, les USA sont hors-jeu sur ce terrain.
Russian Ambassador to Iraq Maksim Maksimov says Moscow is prepared to provide Baghdad with advanced S-400 air defense missile systems once the Arab country makes an official request for the military hardware.
“The Russian side has, thus far, not received an official request in this regard. There is no doubt that recent developments have increased interest in [procurement of] air missile defense systems, especially the S-400 system,” Iraq’s Arabic-language al-Ahad news agency quoted Maksimov as saying on Thursday.
He noted, “It is too early to set out the details. Therefore, I say that we (Russians) will meet the Iraqis’ request once they make such a bid.”
The remarks come after the Iraqi parliament’s security and defense committee submitted an in-depth study to the country’s caretaker prime minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi earlier this month, requesting the acquisition of the long-range, surface-to-air missile defense system.
“The committee has presented a comprehensive study to the prime minister, demanding approval for the purchase of the advanced S-400 air defense system. The issue has already been discussed with relevant figures at the General Command of Armed Forces, and now awaits the premier’s agreement,” Badr al-Ziyadi, a member of the committee, told Arabic-language al-Sabaah newspaper on April 18.