ArmInfo. Armenia and Russia agreed that the supply of Russian weapons will continue systematically. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashyan said in an interview with "Kommersant" in response to a question about whether there are any specific agreements with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the issue of procurement of weapons from Russia.
At the same time, he noted that the armament will be bought on credit: "Yes, on credit, we will discuss other possibilities, this is very important cooperation, and I think we will have no problems in this field."
Answering to clarifying question that specific agreements, including military contracts, should be signed during the official visit by Pashinyan to Moscow or Vladimir Putin to Armenia, the Armenian prime minister said: "I meant that now we stated that we have agreed on the main issues of the development of relations. Now we have to work on specific agreements and sign them. We have agreed that will work on certain (agreements. - Kommersant noted) on gas, on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy, military- technical cooperation. "
To remind, according to the Armenian-Russian agreement on granting Armenia a 200-million loan, for this amount the Armed Forces of the republic purchased multiple rocket launchers 9K58 Smerch, IGLA air defense system, passive electronic intelligence complex Avtobaza-M, fire-fighting systems TOS-1A "Solntsepek", armored vehicles "Tiger", anti-tank missile systems "Contest-M", antitank grenade launchers RPG-26, small arms, engines and sights for T-72 and IFV tanks, communications equipment, engineering equipment, Kamaz ". The agreement on granting credit was signed in 2015 on preferential terms - Yerevan will start to repay the loan with a 3% rate in rubles only in 2018 for 10 years, and an advance payment of only 10%. Thus, taking into account the continuing devaluation of the Russian currency, as well as the republic's membership in the CSTO, which allows buying weapons at domestic prices, for $ 200 million Armenia can acquire a significant amount of Russian arms.