Rosoboronexport steers clear of Kornet-E, Osa missile systems exports to Greece
12 January 2014, 19:03
Neither Russia's state arms trader Rosoboronexport, nor the companies once merged to form Rosoboronexport, have anything to do with the export of Kornet-E and Osa systems to Greece, Rosoboronexport spokesman Vyacheslav Davidenko told Interfax on Sunday.
'Kornet-E anti-tank missile systems were delivered under a contract with a subject in military-technical cooperation in 2000-02 in compliance with the Russian legislation, while Osa surface-to-air missile systems arrived in Greece when Germany was selling out the property of the armed forces of the former German Democratic Republic,' he said.
Rosoboronexport is promoting Russian weapons on global markets in strict compliance with Russian and international law, Davidenko said. 'This work is being done successfully, including through the representative offices active in more than 50 countries,' he said.
'Rosoboronexport has been consistently strengthening military-technical cooperation with Greece even in conditions of global financial-economic crisis. A flexible approach has allowed the Russian side to shape a clear-cut system of spare part exports for the systems delivered earlier, which helps maintain the Greek armed forces' combat readiness at a necessary level. This was vividly demonstrated during the successful testing of the S-300 PMU-1 system in December 2012,' Davidenko said.
'Unfortunately, Rosoboronexport's successes on the Greek market have been manipulated in dishonest competition on many occasions,' he said.
'However, transparency, quality services, reliability and readiness to meet the client's interests in difficult situations have won the Russian armed exporter high authority. Rosoboronexport is confident that mutually advantageous cooperation with Greece will continue expanding successfully,' he said.
Voice of Russia, Interfax
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