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Minsk / Moscow. August 9. INTERFAX-AVN - Belarus is interested in buying the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system and expects a positive decision from the Russian leadership, said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
"Such a question was put before the President of Russia - that at a reasonable price, for a loan - because we do not have that kind of money now. But we are conducting a dialogue with him (with the President of the Russian Federation, -" IF ") about 400 were delivered to the Republic of Belarus, "Lukashenko said during a Big Conversation with the public and the media on Monday.
“The S-400 is of great interest to us, and I am sure that we will receive these complexes,” he added.
According to Lukashenko, the funds of the Russian state loan, which was previously issued for the construction of the BelNPP, can be used to purchase the S-400 air defense system and other modern weapons of the Russian Federation. "We saved a lot of money at the nuclear power plant. But there was a promise from Putin: here is a loan for the nuclear power plant of $ 10 billion - how much you will save - for other projects."
"So I want to build a nitrogen plant for the money saved and we will additionally process about 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas. There will remain from $ 300 million to $ 500 million - a decent amount, we will send for the purchase of military-technical equipment, including the S-400 complexes," he said.
On January 14, the commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of Belarus Igor Golub said that Belarus plans to conclude a contract with Russia for the supply of S-400 systems and Pantsir-S complexes.
S-400 Triumph - long-range air defense system (JSC Concern VKO Almaz-Antey). Pantsir-S - short-range air defense system (developed by the Shipunov Instrument Design Bureau, NPO High-Precision Complexes holding).
S-400 Triumph (SA-21 Growler): Details
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