MOSCOW, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The contract for the delivery of modern Russian Su-35 fighter jets to Indonesia has been agreed upon, the Russian state-owned industrial and defense conglomerate Rostec said Tuesday.
"The contract for the delivery of the Su-35 to Indonesia has been agreed upon and it will be signed this year," TASS news agency quoted Viktor Kladov, Rostec's director for international cooperation and regional policy, as saying.
The value of the contract and the expected time of delivery were not mentioned.
RIA Novosti news agency reported that Russia was interested in Indonesia's natural rubber and palm oil in exchange for the aircraft.
Earlier, Indonesian media reported that the country intended to buy 10 Su-35 aircraft from Russia to replace its aging U.S.-made F-5E Tiger II fleet.
The Su-35 single-seat twin-engine multi-purpose fighter was developed by Russia's Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer between 2003 and 2008 as a heavily-modernized version of the Su-27 fighter.
The Indonesian Air Force has previously purchased Russian-made Su-27 and Su-30 fighters.
