Russia will supply $1.8bn-worth of small-arms and other weapons to Libya, according to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Putin said the contract was “not only for small arms”, according to reports

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Reports from the state news agencies say Libya was prepared to buy around 20 fighter planes and S-300PMU2 air defence systems and also may acquire T-90S tanks, and modernise more than 140 T-72 tanks and other weapons.

The contract was signed following talks with Libyan defence minister Major General Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr last week in Moscow.

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