Russia is postponing shipments of fighter jets and S-300 missile defense systems to Syria due to Damascus' failure to pay for them, an unnamed source at Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said, RIA Novosti reported Aug. 31, citing Kommersant.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon will meet with British, Chinese, French, Russian and U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations on Aug. 30 after he cut short a trip to Europe, a U.N. spokesman said, AFP reported.
The S-300 surface-to-air missile systems that Russia planned to export to Iran have been dismantled and partially disposed of, Almaz-Antey CEO Vladislav Menshikov said Aug. 29, Interfax reported.
Russia's fleet forces of the permanent task group in the Mediterranean Sea will be renewed in the next few days, a Russian official said, Interfax-AVN reported Aug. 29.
