Moscow: Libya has signed a deal with Russia to buy weapons worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.8 billion), Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was on Saturday quoted as saying.
"Only yesterday we signed a contract worth 1.3 billion euros. And it's not only small-arms," Putin said, according to RIA Novosti.
The deal was signed after talks with a senior Libyan military official in Moscow.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 20:59