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Russia denies selling tanks to Pakistan

By Vladimir Radyuhin

MOSCOW, JULY 13. Russia has no plans to supply T-90S tanks or any other weapons to Pakistan, as falsely reported at the weekend, a Government arms exporter said.

The press service of Rosoboronexport, Russia's state-owned arms export monopoly, denied media reports that a contract for the supply of T-90S Main Battle Tanks to Pakistan had been signed on the sidelines of `UralArmsExpo' fair in Nizhny Tagil in the Urals.

``We unequivocally reject the very idea of any such contracts between Russian defence industries and Pakistani authorities,'' a Rosoboronexport spokesman told The Hindu . ``As a matter of fact, Russia has no military-technical cooperation with Pakistan and Rosoboronexport strictly abides by this clear-cut policy of the Russian leadership.''

Rosoboronexport controls 95 per cent of Russian defence exports, including all supplies of tanks.

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