Nov 23, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Serbia has
purchased 11 Russian-made Mi-35 military helicopters from Cyprus, which they
have now received on special transport flights.
"Serbia is seeking to strengthen its air defense and remain a dominant military force in the region," the country's president, Aleksandar Vucic, said on Thursday.
The Cypriot
government and Serbia agreed in 2021 to buy old Mi-35 helicopters in need of
repair. The purchase price was not disclosed, but part of it was compensated by
Belgrade by exporting Serbian-made weapons.
"We
paid more than half of their value to our Cypriot brothers with our weapons,
mostly artillery," Vucic told reporters during a presentation at the
Batagnica air base near Belgrade.
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