Belarus and Azerbaijan discussed military-technical cooperation 

ArmInfo. The Belarusian delegation, led by the Chairman of the State Military-Industrial  Committee, Major-General Oleg Dzhepylev, met on 16 May with the  Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov.

The sides discussed issues of military-technical cooperation, the  press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported. The  interlocutors expressed satisfaction at the results of the joint  activities in the military and military-technical spheres, and also  stressed the importance of developing cooperation in these areas.

The sides positively assessed the adoption of military products of  various purposes for the armament of the Azerbaijani army, which is  provided for all types and types of troops, which is produced by  enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Belarus. A wide  range of issues of military-technical cooperation was also considered  and directions for the implementation of new large projects aimed at  increasing the fighting capacity of the Azerbaijani army were  determined.

Military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belarus has begun to  develop significantly since 2004.  Belarus supplied T-72 tanks,  self-propelled artillery systems 2S7 Pion 203 mm caliber, BTR-70, 152  mm D-20 howitzers, Su-25 attack aircraft, two Buk MB anti-tank  missile systems, anti-tank missile systems " Skif "of the  Ukrainian-Belarusian production (Peleng OJSC supplies the guidance  system), multiple rocket launcher systems (MLRS)" Polonaise ".

Meanwhile, the new Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan,  following a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in  Sochi on the margins of the summit of the Supreme Economic Council of  the Eurasian Economic Union, said that he discussed with the head of  Belarus the supplies of Minsk weapons to Baku. According to  Pashinyan, he expressed Armenia's position on this issue, which in  general, in his opinion, found understanding of the Belarusian  leader. In general, he assessed the meeting with Lukashenka as  constructive.