ArmInfo. The Russian arms company ORSIS (Promtechnologiya) sees progress in the situation with a disrupted tender for the supply of military equipment to Armenia, an official representative of the enterprise told RIA Novosti.
ORSIS was included in the black list of arms suppliers to the military structures of Armenia immediately after the failure by the Armenian Ministry of Defense of a tender for the supply of military equipment for several million dollars, in which this company participated. Later, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia sent a letter addressed to the head of the Armenian military department David Tonoyan, in which this decision was rated as "unmotivated". Upon the failure of the tender, the Armenian security forces are investigating a criminal case under the article <neglect of service>. Later, a lawyer representing ORSIS in Armenia said that the company was removed from the black list.
According to the company's representative, in the situation with the broken tender by the end of the year <some progress is noticeable>.
<So, by a court decision ORSIS was excluded from the blacklist of suppliers. This is a positive trend, as it provides an opportunity to continue our company's cooperation with Armenia and to supply a modern and high-quality weapon for the republic, which is our long-standing partner,> the agency's interlocutor said.
According to him, information appeared in the Armenian media about the dismissal of senior officials from the Armenian Ministry of Defense in connection with the situation with ORSIS. <The company believes that the main perpetrators of the failure of the tender have not yet been punished. The reasons for the lack of official responses from the department to the meeting proposals are still not clear. The company receives messages about the appropriation of samples donated by ORSIS to specific officials of the ministry>, the company representative added.