BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

21/12/2007

Belarus wants to buy new S-400s from Russia - Russian ambassador

MOSCOW. Dec 21 (Interfax) - Belarus is interested in buying S-400 air defense systems from Russia, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Alexander Surikov said.

"Last year we supplied Belarus with S-300 air defense systems, and they have already been put into combat readiness. Now Belarus wants to buy the new S-400 systems," he said in an interview with the Vremya Novostei newspaper, published on Friday.

"We are ready to sell weapons to Belarus at Russian domestic prices, which, like gas prices, can be lower that those on the global market," the diplomat said.

"As both presidents stated, our military cooperation is developing successfully," Surikov said.

Source:

http://www.interfax.com/3/349099/news.aspx