Angola has received upgraded Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30K fighter jets, Head of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugayev said on Wednesday on the eve of the Russia-Africa summit. This reported by TASS.

"Our Su-30K fighter jets have been delivered to Angola," Shugayev said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV Channel.

Deputy Director for Development at the Belarussian 558th Aircraft Repair Enterprise in Baranovichi Alexander Vorobei said in May that the deliveries of 12 upgraded Russian Su-30K fighters to Angola had been completed. The fighters were upgraded for Angola upon approval from Russia’s state arms seller Rosoboronexport.

The Su-30K fighters were delivered to India under the 1996 contract. Russia took them back under the trade-in scheme and offered them to a number of African states. Angola purchased 12 such aircraft in 2013 and Rosoboronexport is currently looking for a buyer for the remaining six planes.

The Belarussian 558th Aircraft Repair Enterprise was picked for fulfilling a contract on the upgrade of fighter jets for Angola because the company was the basic contractor during the Soviet period for the repair of Su-27 planes (from which the Su-30 was derived).