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150179
Wed, 11/17/2010 - 11:10
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Sukhoi denies talks over supplies of Su-33 fighters to China.
ZHUHAI (China), November 16 (Itar-Tass) - The Sukhoi company denied the recent Hong Kong press reports on the resumption of talks to supply Su-33 deck-based fighters to China.
"I've read this information and don't understand, where they've got it
from. We completed the talks over deck-based aircraft two years ago, and
have not returned to this theme since," Sukhoi 's deputy director general
Sergei Sergeyev said in an interview to Itar-Tass at the Zhuhai airshow on
Tuesday.
Sergeyev, who is director of Sukhoi's office in Beijing, said the
talks about Su-33 necessary to China to equip its future aircraft
carriers, had come to a deadlock due to the disagreements over the minimal
batch size.
"Both Russia and China are interested in such cooperation, but since
the parties have absolutely different approaches, we've decided to suspend
this theme.
"Since these aircraft have been out of production for a long time, we
would like to understand the prospects for such cooperation. If the
Chinese partners set the prospects, say, for five or ten years, we're
ready to discuss it. Otherwise, re-launching production makes no sense,"
the Sukhoi representative said.
Sergeyev noted that China is carrying out extensive work on deck-based
aviation on its own. Reports in the press said it already has two types of
deck-based aircraft. One of them was developed on the platform of Su-33 -
on the basis of the prototype it had received from Ukraine, the Soviet-era
T10K plane.
As for the opportunities to purchase Su-33 from Russia, "China has had
no interest in it so far; the approaches are absolutely different. So this
theme is closed as of today. In the event the Chinese partners wish to
resume it, we're ready to conduct negotiations with them. But the
negotiations must be based upon the principle of mutual advantage," he
said.
The official added that the longer the uncertainty in this issue
continues, "the less we're interested" in the resumption of this
cooperation.
"It's precisely the case, because we have many other orders, and
working on the plane, which we stopped producing 15 years ago, is becoming
increasingly uninteresting to us," Sergeyev said.
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"I've read this information and don't understand, where they've got it
from. We completed the talks over deck-based aircraft two years ago, and
have not returned to this theme since," Sukhoi 's deputy director general
Sergei Sergeyev said in an interview to Itar-Tass at the Zhuhai airshow on
Tuesday.
Sergeyev, who is director of Sukhoi's office in Beijing, said the
talks about Su-33 necessary to China to equip its future aircraft
carriers, had come to a deadlock due to the disagreements over the minimal
batch size.
"Both Russia and China are interested in such cooperation, but since
the parties have absolutely different approaches, we've decided to suspend
this theme.
"Since these aircraft have been out of production for a long time, we
would like to understand the prospects for such cooperation. If the
Chinese partners set the prospects, say, for five or ten years, we're
ready to discuss it. Otherwise, re-launching production makes no sense,"
the Sukhoi representative said.
Sergeyev noted that China is carrying out extensive work on deck-based
aviation on its own. Reports in the press said it already has two types of
deck-based aircraft. One of them was developed on the platform of Su-33 -
on the basis of the prototype it had received from Ukraine, the Soviet-era
T10K plane.
As for the opportunities to purchase Su-33 from Russia, "China has had
no interest in it so far; the approaches are absolutely different. So this
theme is closed as of today. In the event the Chinese partners wish to
resume it, we're ready to conduct negotiations with them. But the
negotiations must be based upon the principle of mutual advantage," he
said.
The official added that the longer the uncertainty in this issue
continues, "the less we're interested" in the resumption of this
cooperation.
"It's precisely the case, because we have many other orders, and
working on the plane, which we stopped producing 15 years ago, is becoming
increasingly uninteresting to us," Sergeyev said.
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