Iran, Russia Start Talks on Sukhoi 30
Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:38
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran and Moscow started talks on the supply of the
Russian-made Sukhoi 30 fighter jets to Iran.

The talks were held on Tuesday on the sidelines of the MAKS 2015 air show in
the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow during which Russian President Vladimir
Putin and Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari
were present.

"Today, we visited different parts of the exhibition and the fighter jets'
air show for three and a half hours accompanied by Mr. Putin which was a
rare opportunity," Sattari told FNA yesterday.

"Putin showed that he is well aware of the military issues, knows the
companies and products and spends time to get more familiar with them," he
added.

Asked if the issue of purchasing Russia's Shkhoi 30 was raised during the
visit, Sattari said, "We spoke about it but we didn’t discuss purchasing
them and talks were mostly focused on the technological issues."

"You should ask issues related to purchasing (Sukhoi 30) from the defense
ministry, and other groups like the trade teams should pursue the issue," he
added.

The Sukhoi Su-30 is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter
aircraft developed by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation.

It is a multirole fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air-to-surface
deep interdiction missions.