ISRAEL TO RUSSIA: YOU'RE STILL LEAKING MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
Israel Line 10 August 1998
Israeli intelligence told Russia's visiting national security advisor on Sunday that two of the seven Russian enterprises investigated by Moscow in July are still supplying Iran with missile technology, HA'ARETZ reported. In a meeting with Gen. Andrei Kokoshin, Russia's point man on United States and Israeli complaints about technology transfers, Israeli officials also named companies they believe to be involved in such transfers that have yet to be blacklisted by Russia.
Minister of Industry and Trade, Natan Sharansky, hosted the meeting, in which Kokoshin disputed some of Israel's charges but did not issue any sweeping denials, in contrast to Russian intelligence head Nikolai Kovolyov during a visit to Israel last month.
Kokoshin said during the meeting that Israel has presented a more comprehensive overview on the matter than the United States. Kokoshin added that Russia was doing everything in its power to limit arms deals between Russian companies and Iran.
Sharansky said Israel "will be satisfied not by the steps that are taken but by the results in the field," adding that if Russian assistance to Iran does not end, Iran could have its own missile in a year.
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