Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Russia Sells Sudan Fighter Planes

[HT:MR]
Moscow has sold Sudan 12 Mig-29 fighter planes, Sudanese Defense Minister ‘Abd A-Rahim Muhammad Hussein said. The minister confirmed the purchase during a press conference in Moscow on Friday.

According to a United Nations security resolution passed in 2005, an embargo is in place prohibiting sales of weapons to all parties involved in the Darfur conflict.

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