Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense says it will proceed to buy 11 Su-35 fighters from Russia despite the risk of being slapped with sanctions by the U.S.
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The U.S. government announced last year that it will impose sanctions on countries that buy Russian arms.
“We don’t have any enemies. We’re on good terms with America, as we’re also buying their Hercules [planes]. We just happen to be on good terms with Russia and other countries as well. So, we’re not making any enemies,” the ministry’s public communications head Totok Sugiharto was quoted as saying.