Armenia continues to diversify arms purchases, expanding the  geography of countries

ArmInfo. Armenia continues to diversify its arms purchases, expanding the geography of supplying countries.

It is worth recalling that in the summer of 2018, Armenian Defense  Minister David Tonoyan repeatedly announced his intention to purchase  weapons necessary for the Armenian army not only from Russia, but  also from those states that offer defense products at affordable  prices for Armenia.

Thus, in March of this year, it became known that India will supply  four Swati radars to Armenia within the framework of an arms deal  worth $ 40 million.

And just yesterday, Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and  Telecommunications Rasim Lyajic (it is this ministry that gives  permission for the export of weapons according to Serbian laws)  confirmed the information about the acquisition of weapons by Armenia  from the Serbian side.

"This year, 2020, one private company supplied weapons to Armenia,  state-owned companies did not participate in this. I cannot say which  company we are talking about, but it is known that it supplied mainly  rifles and pistols, the amount was less than a million euros and the  cargo was delivered in May and June ", - said Lyaich to the portal  Nova.rs.

Ljajic stressed that besides his ministry, export permits were also  given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the  Interior, the Ministry of Defense and the BIA special service. The  minister stressed that there are no sanctions against Armenia and in  such a case it is difficult to refuse a buyer.

Note that Azerbaijan reacted rather hysterically to the information  about the purchase of weapons by Armenia from Serbia, and even  summoned the Charge d'Affaires of the Serbian Embassy in Azerbaijan  to the Foreign Ministry. Georgia also fell under the "hot hand",  which Azerbaijan accused of complicity in the supply of weapons, by  providing its territory for the transit of cargo. Meanwhile, official  Tbilisi disowned these accusations, calling these reports  disinformation.

It is also worth noting that in the current conditions, the hysteria  of Azerbaijan is completely incomprehensible in connection with such  deals between the two sovereign states, especially against the  background of multibillion-dollar arms contracts concluded by Baku  with various countries, including Armenia's partners in the CSTO. It  turns out that the ambassadors of these countries must "register the  residence" in the offices of the RA Foreign Ministry.