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Libyan leader to visit Russia in late October · 2008-10-20 14:39
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi will pay his first visit to Russia in more than 20 years.
Qaddafi, who has ruled Libya since 1969, will arrive in Moscow on October 31, RIA Novosti informs. He last visited the capital of Russia in 1985, before the breakup of the Soviet Union.
The paper said, referring to an official in the Russian Technology Corporation, that contracts had been discussed on the supply of 16 SU-30 MKI Flanker-H multirole fighters, T-90 tanks, and TOR-M2E air defense systems to Libya.
Libya’s Soviet-era $4.6 billion debt was written off in exchange for a range of new contracts, the largest of which was a deal worth some $3 billion under which the Russian railroad monopoly is to build a 554-km railroad in this African state. The deal was signed when the then Russian leader and current prime minister, Vladimir Putin, visited the country in April 2008.
Russian energy giant Gazprom, the Libyan national oil company, and the Libyan African Investment Fund have also signed memorandums to set up joint ventures to launch production in Libya and other African states.
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