MOSCOW - The Associated Press
Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses Russian Ambassadors during their meeting in the Foreign Ministry, Moscow, on 09 July 2012. EPA Photo
A senior
Russian official says that Moscow is halting its weapons sales to Syrian authorities until the situation there calms down.
Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, deputy chief of the
Russian military and technical cooperation agency, told
Russian news agencies on the sidelines of the Farnborough airshow south-west off London that
Russia is not going to sign any new arms deals with Syria or send any more weapons.
He said that so far
Russia has been providing Syria’s army with spare parts and assistance in repairs of the weapons supplied earlier.
Syrian activists say that about 14,000 people have been killed in an uprising in the country since March 2011.
Dzirkaln said that
Russia does not sell helicopters or fighter planes to Syria.
July/09/2012