BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
25/03/2008
Belarus to help Venezuela to build anti-aircraft defense system
MINSK. March 25 (Interfax) - Belarus will help Venezuela to create an anti-aircraft defense system and electronic warfare support, Belarusian deputy chief-of-general-staff Pyotr Tikhonovsky said.
"We plan during a six-year period to supply to Venezuela with an anti-aircraft defense system and train their commanders," Tikhonovsky said in the parliament in terms of discussion of such a Belarus-Venezuela agreement in Minsk.
This year, Belarus will send 10 military advisers to Venezuela, and then the number of military advisers will increase, he said.
Currently Venezuela "has detached units, fighters, but no anti- aircraft defense systems," he said.
The deputy chief of the general staff said the creation of the anti-aircraft defense systems in Venezuela will make it possible for the country to enter the armaments markets in Latin America. He said it is planned to use various types of armaments, "the 125th system and others that will be supplied to Venezuela under the contracts of the authorized bodies."
Current Venezuelan anti-aircraft defense systems include mostly French and U.S. materiel, "but currently they have decided to orient on the East: Russia and China," Tikhonovsky said.
Source:
http://www.interfax.com/3/377877/news.aspx
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