June 26, 2002	Wednesday	Rabi-us-Sani 14, 1423

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MOSCOW, June 25: Russia is selling a dozen Mi-171 military transport helicopters to Pakistan, the first Russian defence sale to Islamabad in six years, the Vedemosti Moscow business daily said on Tuesday.

Four helicopters, made at a plant in the Siberian republic of Buryatia, were delivered on June 14 and another four will be received by Pakistan by the end of the month, an industry source told the newspaper.

The total contract, worth 50 million dollars, is for 12 helicopters, the source added.

In 1996, Pakistan bought a dozen Mi-17 transport choppers from Russia but halted military cooperation because of the Moscow’s close ties with New Delhi, Vedemosti said.—AFP