Lavrov did not rule out the supply of Damascus C-300 Damascus

Moscow considers the issue of supplying Damascus of anti-aircraft missile systems C-300. The head of the Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, said this in an interview with the BBC.

"Russian President V.V. Putin already answered this question. He recalled that several years ago, at the request of our partners, we decided not to supply the S -300 complex to Syria. Now, after this outrageous act of aggression by the United States, France and the UK, we will consider options for ensuring the security of the Syrian state," the minister said.

Lavrov assured that the Russian authorities "are ready to consider any ways to help the Syrian army to prevent aggression."

Meanwhile, Putin, after the blow of the Western coalition in Syria, did not make any statements about the supply of weapons to Damascus.

On April 14, on the day of the US strike and their allies on Syria, the head of the main operational department of the General Staff, Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy said that Moscow "considers it possible to return to the issue" on the supply of C-300 installations by the dictator Bashar Assad. Also, according to the military leader, the possibility of delivering them to other countries except Syria will be considered.

In 2010, even before the opening of the Civil War in Syria, Moscow concluded a contract with Damascus for the supply of four C-300 complexes and 144 missiles to them for $ 900 million. Israel opposed the deal. In 2014, the Russian authorities announced the breakdown of this contract due to UN sanctions prohibiting the supply of weapons to Syria. The installations prepared for sale were then disposed of.

Now the Syrian army is in service with only the old Soviet air defense systems-complexes C-75, C-125, C-200, Buk, Square, Osa, and portable complexes "arrow".