Russia will send missiles S-300 to Kazakhstan

MOSCOW - Russia will send to Kazakhstan air defense missile system S-300 to raise the defense that its Middle Asian neighboring countries, an official said Wednesday.

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his colleagues from Kazakhstan Adilbek Dzhaksybekov discuss the possibility of sending sophisticated missiles were in talks in Moscow, said Russia's defense ministry spokeswoman Irina Kovalchuk.

The agreement was in line with efforts to "strengthen the defense together," he said in a statement on Russian news agencies. "At present, work is being done regarding the preparation of a contract agreement," he added.

Air defense missile system S-300 it is one of the products most expensive defense of Russia and its refusal to fulfill a contract to hand over weapons to Iran has caused a crisis unprecedented in the Moscow-Tehran relations.