Diplomatic conflict: Russia suspends deliveries of S-400 missiles to Beijing
Beijing: Russian newest S-400 air defense systems, acquired by China several years ago, were left without anti-aircraft guided missiles as Russia decided to stop supplying the weapons to Beijing, media reports said.
The Russian side could not name the timing for the resumption of deliveries. It has been almost five months since the supplies have stopped, UAWire reported quoting Chinese newspaper Sohu.
"This time, Russia announced the postponement of the delivery of missiles for the Chinese S-400 system. To a certain extent, we can say that it is for the sake of China. Getting a gun is not as easy as signing an invoice after receiving a weapon," the Chinese newspaper reports as quoted by UAWire.
"They say that the work on delivering these weapons is quite complicated. While China has to send personnel for training, Russia also needs to send a lot of technical personnel to put the weapons into service," writes Sohu.
“The reasons given by Russia are very heartwarming. It turns out that Russia is worried that the delivery of S-400 missiles at this time will affect the anti-pandemic actions of the Chinese army and does not want to cause trouble to China,“ Sohu adds.
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