Russia confirms delivery of weapons to Syria by air.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirms arms on flights, but spokesman declines to say whether troops have been sent.Russia confirms weapons on flights to Syria allowing the Security Council to create a new investigative unit...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has confirmed that the country's "humanitarian" flights to Syria carry military equipment as well as humanitarian aid - after the US and NATO warned Moscow over its involvement in the Syrian conflict.
"Russian planes are sending to Syria both military equipment in accordance with current contracts and humanitarian aid," Lavrov told reporters on Thursday.
Russia's Kommersant daily newspaper said earlier on Thursday that Moscow's advanced BTR-82A armoured personnel carriers were among arms supplied to Damascus.
"Russian planes are sending to Syria both military equipment in accordance with current contracts and humanitarian aid," Lavrov told reporters on Thursday.
Moscow has previously insisted in public that its flights to Syria were only for humanitarian purposes.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirms arms on flights, but spokesman declines to say whether troops have been sent.Russia confirms weapons on flights to Syria allowing the Security Council to create a new investigative unit...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has confirmed that the country's "humanitarian" flights to Syria carry military equipment as well as humanitarian aid - after the US and NATO warned Moscow over its involvement in the Syrian conflict.
"Russian planes are sending to Syria both military equipment in accordance with current contracts and humanitarian aid," Lavrov told reporters on Thursday.
Russia's Kommersant daily newspaper said earlier on Thursday that Moscow's advanced BTR-82A armoured personnel carriers were among arms supplied to Damascus.
"Russian planes are sending to Syria both military equipment in accordance with current contracts and humanitarian aid," Lavrov told reporters on Thursday.
Moscow has previously insisted in public that its flights to Syria were only for humanitarian purposes.
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