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 U.S. WATCHES ALGERIAN DEAL WITH RUSSIA |
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WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has been closely watching Algeria's
reported arms deal with Russia.Officials said the State Department has sought to verify details of the
reported Russian sale of major weapons platforms to the North African state.
They said U.S. diplomats have raised the issue in talks with both Algerian
and Russian counterparts."It's a matter of great interest for us, although I don't see this as
significantly affecting our military or defense relationship," an official
said.On March 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin was said to have concluded
$7.5 billion worth of defense contracts with Algeria. Russian media reports
as well as executives said the deal included the sale of Russian
fighter-jets, air trainers, surface-to-air missile systems and anti-tank
weapons to Algeria.
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