Putin Strongly Denied US Arms Claims

Politics | March 25, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Russian President Vladimir Putin has strongly denied US claims that Russian firms have sold military equipment to Iraq.

Putin held a telephone conversation with US President George W Bush.

Iraq's information ministry and two of the Russian firms at the centre of the affair have also denied the allegations.

Washington said on Monday it had "credible evidence" that Russian companies had sold military equipment such as satellite-jamming devices, anti-tank missiles and night-vision goggles to Iraq.
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