MOSCOW, June 02. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia has lifted an embargo from supplies of weapons and military hardware to Pakistan and is negotiating the delivery of several helicopter gunships Mil Mi-25 to the country, head of Russian state-run technologies corporation Rostec Sergey Chemezov said on Monday.

“Such a decision has been taken and we are negotiating the delivery of helicopters,” he said, specifying that the subject of negotiations were Russian Mi-35 Hind attack helicopters.

A military diplomatic source earlier reported about Russia’s decision to lift an arms supply embargo on Pakistan. The source also said that Pakistan was interested in buying Russian Mi-26 Halo heavy transport helicopters.