Damascus hails Russia's refusal to the USA pressures for delaying selling advanced weapons to Syria
Syria-Russia, Politics, 4/5/1999

Damascus hailed the Russian opposition to US pressure on Moscow to delaying the sale of advanced weapons to Syria days before the visit of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad to Moscow on April 13.

The Syrian official mass media criticized yesterday the domination policy practiced by Washington in the world, and said that "the U.S. responded to the Israeli faked fuss against Syria by imposing sanctions on Russian companies under the pretext of providing Damascus with anti-tank weapons."

Al-Baath newspaper, which speaks for the ruling Baath party in Syria, criticized the Israeli - US ideas regarding Israel's military superiority over the Arab states through accumulating all weapons, including weapons of mass destruction, creating a permanent threat as Israel is allowed to be armed as it wants while Syria or any other country in the area is denied the same right to confront potential aggressions.

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