Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom today confirmed that Israeli and Russian officials were in talks about Russia's sale of Igla SA-18 missiles to Syria.
Shalom said the talks had been in progress for several days already and added Israel hoped to reach an agreement. The Igla SA-18 is a portable shoulder-held antiaircraft missile considered to be one of the most advanced missiles available at the moment.
Amid the Israeli-Russian talks on the missile sale, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Yakovenko said today there were no grounds to claim his country's relations with Israel had deteriorated.
(ITAR-TASS/AP)
Shalom said the talks had been in progress for several days already and added Israel hoped to reach an agreement. The Igla SA-18 is a portable shoulder-held antiaircraft missile considered to be one of the most advanced missiles available at the moment.
Amid the Israeli-Russian talks on the missile sale, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Yakovenko said today there were no grounds to claim his country's relations with Israel had deteriorated.
(ITAR-TASS/AP)
