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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Russia to complete Su fighter delivery to Indonesia by late Sept. - ambassador


Russia will make its last delivery to Indonesia as part of a 2007 Su-30MK fighter deal in late September, the Russian ambassador to Indonesia said on Thursday.

"The handing-over ceremony...will take place at the end of September," Alexander Ivanov said.

The $300 million contract signed in August 2007 stipulated the delivery of six Su-30MK fighter planes. Three aircraft were delivered in 2009, while another two were handed over to Indonesia on September 10.

The Indonesian Air Force wants the fighters to take part in a military parade on October 5.

Three Russian specialists who were helping the Indonesian Air Force assemble the recently delivered Su fighters died at a Sukhoi holding in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Monday in "unexplained circumstances", amid allegations of methanol poisoning.

The Russian ambassador said, however, the reports of poisoning are "groundless." He also said the cause of death had yet to be announced.

Alexander Ivanov said the deaths did not affect the work of other Russian specialists in Makassar, and that work to assemble the Su fighters was being carried out according to schedule.

( RIA NOVOSTI )

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