Rosoboronexport signed the first export contract for delivery of Ka-52 helicopters with Iraq, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source close to the company’s delegation at Paris Air Show.

"The contract was signed in the network of an agreement signed in 2012", — the source explained. A contract between Iraq and Russia for procurement of weapons and military equipment to the amount of $4.3 billion was signed in 2012.

He noted that in fact it is the first contract signed in the network of this agreement.

"Thus we may say that the agreement valued at over $4 billion comes into effect", — the source said.