No concrete proposals for maintenance, purchase of new air defense system missiles by Greece - Russian official
MOSCOW. April 17 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian presidential aide Vladimir Kozhin has denied the existence of any immediate plans to supply Greece with missiles for S-300, TOR M1, Kornet and other air defense systems.
There is also uncertainty over technical maintenance of these systems, he told Interfax-AVN on Friday.
"When they submit specific requests and proposals, our main exporter will then consider them and make its own offers. So far, it is just words," Kozhin said.
According to earlier reports, Russia and Greece were engaged in talks concerning technical maintenance of a number of missile systems, as well as possible purchases of new missiles for S-300 surface-to-air systems. Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos made this announcement on April 15.
Greece is the only NATO member country that has been successfully promoting military-technological cooperation with Russia. Since 1998, Russian enterprises have supplied Greece with dozens of TOR M1 and Osa-AKM air defense missile systems, Kornet anti-tank missile systems, Krasnopol-M1 guided artillery weapons, as well as three Zubr-type amphibious assault ships. A Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile system, delivered from Cyprus, is currently stationed on Crete island.
