(AFP) Dmitry Zaks - Russia vowed Saturday to fulfill its contract to supply Syria with cruise missiles despite Israel's furious condemnation of the deal. "The contract is in the implementation stage," said Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov. Russia initially agreed to send 72 anti-ship Yakhont cruise missiles to Syria in 2007 under a $300 million deal that was only disclosed by Serdyukov in September 2010. Interfax cited one military source as saying that Russia had already sent Syria two Bastion coastal defense systems that can include up to 36 Yakhont missiles each. The Israeli ambassador to Moscow confirmed that his country was primarily worried the missiles would end up in the hands of Hizbullah.
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