Russia To Sell Arms For Syria & Veto The UNSC

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RUSSIAN Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov says Moscow will not stop selling weapons to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, as Moscow stands by its longtime ally despite mounting international condemnation over the Syrian regime's bloody crackdown on a 10-month-old uprising.

"As of today there are no restrictions on our delivery of weapons," he told journalists in Russia, according to the country's state news agencies. "We must fulfill our obligations and this is what we are doing."

Antonov's remarks come amid deadlocked United Nations Security Council talks on a Western- and Arab League-backed resolution aimed at halting Assad's deadly crackdown against antigovernment demonstrators.

Russia has said it opposes the UN Security Council text, which calls for President al-Assad to step down. Last month, Russia reportedly signed a $550-million deal to sell combat jets to Syria.

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1. But if the combat jet deal is as bad as the one with Algeria,

Syria is in for a long wait.