Lebanese Military to Get Russian Assistance, Including Helicopters, Tanks

Russia will give military assistance to Lebanon, including six helicopters, 31 tanks and about 500,000 munitions for medium-sized weapons, the office of Prime Minister Saad Hariri said in an e-mailed statement today.

In February, President Michel Suleiman headed for Moscow to sign a series of military accords with Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev, the Daily Star reported at the time.

To contact the reporter on this story: Massoud A. Derhally in Beirut, Lebanon, at mderhally@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Peter Hirschberg at phirschberg@bloomberg.net.

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