Publication Date:
Sat, 2011-06-11 00:29
Ukrainian media said the subject of the deal could be Soviet-designed
T-72 tanks. "The deal was signed three days ago. It is one of the biggest
deals for the past 15 years," said the official, speaking in Kiev and
declining to be named.
The agreement comes weeks after the Horn of Africa
nation signed a deal to buy unmanned aerial vehicles from Israeli company
BlueBird Aero Systems for surveillance operations, according to separate
Ukrainian media reports.
Authorities in Addis Ababa were not available for
comment on either case. Addis Ababa has been at loggerheads with Eritrea since
their 1998-2000 border war which killed around 80,000 people, and both sides
have amassed large amounts of troops along their disputed frontier ever since.
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