ArmInfo. Azerbaijan failed to purchase a rocket launcher MLRS from Belarus because of obstacles created by Armenia. This was stated by the Belarusian military analyst Alexander Alesin to "Komsomolskaya Pravda Belarus".
"We wanted to sell MLRS to Azerbaijan, but against it was Armenia, our partner in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and probably the first buyer of the MLRS will be Kazakhstan," Alesin said.
At the same time, he stated that Azerbaijan is one of the major clients of Belarus. According to him, Minsk sells air defense systems to Baku, in particular, modernized Buk-MB anti-aircraft missile systems. "In October, they fired there, the Azerbaijanis were pleased, there is the prospect of expanding cooperation, we will modernize the Su-27 and Su-25 fighters for them," Alesin said. At the same time, he did not exclude that Belarus is likely to soon begin selling non-lethal weapons to Armenia.