Reuters, 15/04 15:55 CET
By Lidia Kelly and Parisa Hafezi
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Iranian
Major General Qassem Soleimani has flown to Moscow for talks with
Russia’s military and political leadership to discuss the conflict in
Syria and deliveries of Russian missiles, sources with knowledge of his
trip said on Friday.
The main purpose of his visit was to discuss new delivery
routes for future shipments of Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile
systems, sources said, with one saying Soleimani wanted to talk about
how Russia and Iran could help the Syrian government take back full
control of Aleppo.
“General Soleimani travelled to Moscow last night to
discuss issues including the delivery of S-300s and further military
cooperation,” a senior Iranian security official told Reuters.
Soleimani met both Russian President Vladimir Putin and
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday, one source said. A Kremlin
spokesman said a meeting with Soleimani was not on Putin’s schedule.
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Source: Euronews
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