Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense does not intend to abandon T-90MС / MСК tanks
Kuwait's Ministry of Defense has denied reports that the country's purchase of Russian tanks T-90MS is completely canceled. According to Anwar Al Mazidi, head of the Kuwaiti Army’s Arms and Technology Directorate, the deal has been temporarily delayed. This was reported by the bmpd blog with reference to the Chinese news agency Xinhua.
A senior Kuwaiti officer said this at a reception organized by the Russian Embassy in Kuwait on the occasion of Defender of the Fatherland Day. According to him, the contract for the purchase of T-90MS / MSK tanks was postponed, but not terminated. Anwar Al Mazidi also welcomed cooperation between the Kuwaiti and Russian armed forces in various fields.
As previously reported, the corporation "Uralvagonzavod" planned in 2017 for the "completion of pre-contract work with the customer" 414 "(Kuwait) for the supply of 146 T-90MS / MSK tanks."
Thus, Kuwait was to become the first customer of the T-90MС / MСK tanks. A prototype tank was tested in Kuwait in the 2014 year.
According to unofficial information, the final conclusion of the contract was hampered by the intervention of the United States, which threatened to impose sanctions on Kuwait due to military-technical cooperation with Russia according to the American CAATSA Law on Counteracting America's Opportunities through Sanctions, adopted in 2017.
T-90MS prototype tank Kuwait, 2014 year
A senior Kuwaiti officer said this at a reception organized by the Russian Embassy in Kuwait on the occasion of Defender of the Fatherland Day. According to him, the contract for the purchase of T-90MS / MSK tanks was postponed, but not terminated. Anwar Al Mazidi also welcomed cooperation between the Kuwaiti and Russian armed forces in various fields.
As previously reported, the corporation "Uralvagonzavod" planned in 2017 for the "completion of pre-contract work with the customer" 414 "(Kuwait) for the supply of 146 T-90MS / MSK tanks."
Thus, Kuwait was to become the first customer of the T-90MС / MСK tanks. A prototype tank was tested in Kuwait in the 2014 year.
According to unofficial information, the final conclusion of the contract was hampered by the intervention of the United States, which threatened to impose sanctions on Kuwait due to military-technical cooperation with Russia according to the American CAATSA Law on Counteracting America's Opportunities through Sanctions, adopted in 2017.
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