18 Jun 2015 14:44

Rosoboronexport expecting to sign contract for delivery of 24 Sukhoi Su-35 fighters to China before yearend

LE BOURGET. June 18 (Interfax) - Rosoboronexport has confirmed ongoing negotiations with China on the delivery of 24 Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and said it is expecting to sign the contract before the end of 2015.

"Such negotiations [on Su-35 delivery to China] are being held, I can confirm this. But a contract is a two-way transaction [. . .] Definitely, I hope we will be able to sign a contract before the end of this year," head of the Rosoboronexport delegation to Paris Air Show 2015 and of the company's Air Force department Sergei Kornev told reporters.