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Have Started Supplying S-400 Missile Systems To India: Russian Official

"The supplies of the S-400 air defence system to India have started and are proceeding on schedule," Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugaev said.

Have Started Supplying S-400 Missile Systems To India: Russian Official

Russia and India signed a contract on the delivery of S-400s in October, 2018.

Moscow:

Russia has started delivering the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems to India, the deliveries are going as planned, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev told Sputnik ahead of the Dubai Airshow.

"The supplies of the S-400 air defence system to India have started and are proceeding on schedule," Shugaev said.

The S-400 has already entered service in China and Turkey. Russia and India signed a contract on the delivery of S-400s in October, 2018.

In August, the head of Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, told Sputnik that negotiations on the supply of S-400 air defence systems were underway with seven countries in the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa. 

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