Russia-Benin military-technical deal takes effect 8 years after signing

MOSCOW. Aug 15 (Interfax-AVN) - An agreement on military-technical cooperation between Russia and Benin has taken effect.

Under the agreement, which has been published on the official database of legal information, the parties agreed on deliveries of military products and spare parts and the training of specialists.

"The Russian side has the right to monitor Benin's fulfillment of its commitments on the targeted use of man-portable air defense missile launchers, man-portable anti-tank rocket launchers, hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, and infantry flamethrowers supplied to Benin by Russia," the document reads.

The agreement was signed in October 2010 and took effect on August 15, 2018, according to the database.