The deployment of S-300 air defense systems in Abkhazia does not contradict Russia's international obligations, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
"As to the S-300, this air defense system is an integral part of military equipment deployed at our military base in Abkhazia, which is intended solely for defensive purposes," the ministry's spokesman Andrey Nesterenko said.
"Its [S-300] deployment cannot destabilize the situation in the region and does not violate Russia's international obligations," the diplomat said.
MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti)
