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Sputnik: New Arms Contracts With Venezuela Unlikely At Present - Russian Official
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The signing of new contracts on the supply of Russian weaponry to Venezuela is unlikely at this point due to the crisis in the Latin American country, Anatoly Punchuk, deputy director of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), said in an interview with Sputnik.
According to Punchuk, the signing of new contracts on the supply of Russian weaponry to Venezuela is unlikely at this point due to the crisis in the Latin American country.
"We currently see our task in maintaining the equipment we supplied earlier. Taking into account the crisis the country is experiencing, the signing of new contracts on the supply of ready-to-use weapons and military equipment is unlikely at present", he said ahead of the opening of the international defence technology exhibition SITDEF Peru 2019, that would open on Thursday.
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WNU Editor: The reason why is simple. They still owe billions to Russia from past arms deals, and they do not have the means to pay for any future deals. The timing of this announcement, only days after US Secretary of State Pompeo talked with Russian President Putin, should also not be discounted. When these two men met in Sochi, Venezuela was one of the topics to be discussed.
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