\r\n\tRussia's MiG aircraft maker said Friday it plans to sign a new agreement to ship at least 10 fighter jets to Syria.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tMiG's director general, Sergei Korotkov, said a Syrian delegation was in Moscow to discuss the details of a new contract for the delivery of MiG-29 M\/M2 fighters.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tIn remarks carried by Russian news agencies, he said Syria wants to buy ``more than 10'' such fighters.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tThe MiG-29 M2 is an advanced version of the MiG-29 twin-engine fighter jet, which has been a mainstay of the Soviet and Russian air force since mid-1980s.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tSyria had about 20 fighters of the original make among scores of other Soviet- and Russian-built aircraft.<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2013-06-01 16:19:09","content_date_finish":"2013-06-01 16:19:09","content_date_register":"2013-06-01 16:19:09","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"548","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"1293411302","attach_date_register":"2013-06-01 16:19:20","attach_id":"2686","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"122","attach_img_height":"77","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"579","visit_date_last":"2025-05-09 13:37:03","attach_title":"Russia to sell at least 10 MiG fighters to Syria","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]