Japan to Assist Scrapping of Five Russian Submarines

Japan plans to provide Russia with about $40 million to aid in the scrapping of five decommissioned submarines, ITAR-Tass reported today (see GSN, Nov. 16, 2004).

Scheduled for dismantling are three Victor-3 boats and one Victor-1 submarine in the port of Vladivostok and one Charlie-1 missile-carrying submarine on the Kamchatka Peninsula, according to ITAR-Tass. The aid could be discussed during a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura, who arrived in Moscow yesterday, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said (ITAR-Tass, Jan. 13).

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