Serbia Denies 'Secret Iraq Arms Deal'
Serbia's state-run arms exporter has rejected claims that the Iraqi government secretly arranged to buy substandard weapons from Belgrade. "All Iraqi officials were acquainted with all the contracts that have been concluded with us," said Stevan Nikcevic, general director of the public company Jugoimport-SDPR, which deals with the export and import of arms and military equipment. Nikcevic said the New York Times article was full of false details regarding the contract the Serbian company had concluded with Iraq's Ministry of Defence. According to the report by the United States-based paper on Saturday, the deal, which was signed without the knowledge of senior Iraqi leaders, was previously worth $833 million but was later reduced in size to $236 million.
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