Maliki issued an explanation on the Russian arms deal

Maliki issued an explanation on the Russian arms deal



Twilight News

9 hours ago

The Office of the Vice President of the Iraqi Republic, Nuri al-Maliki, on Sunday, clarification on the Russian arms deal, which Iraq sought to conclude about six years ago.

Maliki's office said in a statement to the twilight news that "the site of the US monitor published yesterday a report on the arms deal, which Iraq sought to conclude with the Russian Federation in 2012, which was canceled by the previous government for suspicions of corruption in them."

The statement added that "in order to clarify the facts, we confirm that the data contained in the report published on the site fall within the false allegations and are not based on any facts, and the report attributed his information to unknown sources, and also omitted to mention the names of the preliminary investigations of relevance, Not related to the above-mentioned deal. "

He added that "the position of the government at the time was clear from the circumstances of the transaction and suspicions of corruption that accompanied, so he decided to cancel it and the formation of a more specialized committee to complete the transaction and complete it accurately and transparently high."

He pointed out that "the efforts made by the previous government in the investigation and prosecution of those named in the deal was great, especially after the investigations proved the involvement of some government employees and the consequent action was taken against them, as well as that the completion of the transaction with high transparency and access to the weapon required to contribute Big in helping Iraq to win over the preacher at a time when the world remained watching what happened. "

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