Russia's Military Cooperation Service Denies S-400 Deliveries to China

© Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Go to the mediabankThe launchers of the S-400 air defense missile system which entered service at the Russian Aerospace Forces air defense unit in the Moscow Region. (File)
The launchers of the S-400 air defense missile system which entered service at the Russian Aerospace Forces air defense unit in the Moscow Region. (File) - Sputnik International
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Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) denied on Tuesday the reported start of S-400 missile systems deliveries to China.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — FSMTC spokeswoman Maria Vorobyeva told reporters that Russia and China are implementing the S-400 Triumf delivery contract "in strict accordance with its terms and conditions."

"The deliveries will be made within the deadlines secured in the relevant documents," Vorobyeva said a day after a Russian lawmaker told local radio that S-400 supplies to China got underway.

Vladimir Gutenev later clarified to online media that the S-400 were at the production stage and not at the stage of delivery.

According to the FSMTC, the contract on the delivery of the S-400 to China is expected to be fulfilled by 2020.

Russia is currently discussing a potential deal on S-400 with Turkey.

The S-400 is Russia's newest air defense system, carrying three different types of missiles capable of destroying aerial targets at a short-to-extremely-long range. The weapon is capable of tracking and destroying all existing aerial targets, including ballistic and cruise missiles.

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