Russia’s Irkut Corporation is planning to deliver 12 Su-30MKI fighter jets to India this year. The company will also start supplying Algeria and Malaysia from 2007 as production at its plant picks up, the company’s director said in an interview with Vedomosti business daily. The interview was published on Thursday, June 15.

Irkut would also begin delivering jets to Algeria “from 2007”, he added. As MosNews reported, Algeria agreed in March to buy up to 7.5-billion-dollars’ worth of Russian weaponry, including 28 Su-30 jets, in return for Russian debt write-off.

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