Georgia Republic Will Sell Fighter Planes
<i> Reuters</i>
MOSCOW —
Georgia’s prime minister said Wednesday his southern republic, now independent but strapped for hard currency, is preparing to export SU-25 fighter planes built at a plant outside the capital of Tbilisi.
Local journalists in Tbilisi quoted Prime Minister Tengiz Sigua as saying the first consignment of the warplanes, bound for an unnamed Swiss buyer, is ready for shipment.
Sigua said the aircraft are destined for a third country, which he declined to name.
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