Russian state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport is looking to bid for a US contract to supply Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan.

Rosoboronexport deputy general director Alexander Mikheyev said the US companies equipping Afghanistan’s military were interested in purchasing Russian military helicopters, according to RIA Novosti.

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This year in May, the US lifted sanctions against Rosoboronexport, which was imposed in 2006 over alleged violations of the nuclear non-proliferation regime.

The US purchased an undisclosed number of Mi-17s for Afghanistan and Iraq during the ban through intermediary entities of the Russian arms company.

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