US expresses attitude towards Indonesia's purchase of Russian aircraft
Director General of the Foreign Trade Department of the Indonesian Ministry of Trade Oke Nurvan said that the US expressed dissatisfaction with Jakarta's purchase of 11 Russian Su-35 aircraft, the Jakarta Post reported.
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"While we were in the process of exchanging transactions with Russia, the United States tried to interfere," - the representative of the Ministry said. Despite Washington's reaction, - as he said, Indonesia does not intend to abandon its plans.
Earlier, Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Mohamed Wahid Supriyadi said that Indonesia is waiting for the first shipment of 11 Su-35s.Russia in October. In June, he said that Indonesia had signed an agreement with Russia to buy 11 modern "Sukhoi" aircraft, and said that the contract was "very large".
As Nurvana said, the value of the purchase of 11 Russian aircraft is estimated at $1.14 billion. He noted that under the terms of the agreement, Russia needs to buy a number of Indonesian products, including palm oil, coffee, tea, rubber, worth about $570 million.
