Azerbaijan news

Armenia intends to buy anti-aircraft missiles and other weapons from India

For this purpose, last month Armenia A delegation of the Ministry of Defense visited India with a list of weapons to be purchased

Iravan from Delhi military intends to buy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other weapons. For this purpose, last month Armenia A delegation of the Ministry of Defense visited India with a list of weapons to be purchased. “DNAIndia”, one of the English-language periodicals of Mumbai, the commercial and economic center of India, wrote about it.

The publication tried to clarify what kind of UAVs and weapons Armenia will buy from India, and how much money it intends to spend on these weapons.

For example, India has been working on the creation of combat UAVs and means of combating them for a long time. For this purpose, Indian companies have been cooperating especially with Israel in recent years. In 2019, the Israeli-Indian company Adani Defense & Aerospace was established.

“DnaIndia” writes with reference to an anonymous Armenian official that the last Karabakh war was in Yerevan military forced to reconsider their needs. The publication notes that the war Russia military technique Turkey weapons, especially Flag showed how useless it is against drones.

Azatutyun Radio (Armenian Service of Radio Liberty) turned to the military administration of Armenia to get answers to the above questions. The department has not yet responded.

which intensified markedly after the 44-day war Armenia– The talk of military cooperation in Indian relations started openly in July.

At the beginning of July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan received the Secretary of the Western Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India Sanjay Verma in Yerevan, and he declared that the parties in Yerevan are committed to long-term cooperation in the field of defense.

“We started looking for specific ways of cooperation in the field of defense. We are looking for long-term cooperation in this field. We have started the process of identifying products, sectors and sub-sectors where we can move forward in trade and economy. There is a lack of bilateral investment. It is my duty and our government’s duty to encourage Indian industry and businessmen to invest in Armenia, because the opportunities and potential are huge,” said Sanjay Verman.

The Indian official did not specify what kind of cooperation in the military field they were talking about. The Armenian side also avoided giving an explanation. Before the war with Azerbaijan, 2020In March, the Indian press wrote that the Armenian government Russiaselected the latter from Polish and Indian military industrial companies, and Delhi is to provide Yerevan with four of the latest Swati radars to determine the direction of the artillery.

50 km range and a total cost of 40 million USA shells and various rockets with dollars for the first time to the Indian army 2018issued in

Although official sources are silent about whether Armenia bought these radars, “dnaIndia” writes that this transaction has taken place.

In less than a year, the foreign ministers of India and Armenia have already met three times. One of the meetings took place during the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar to Yerevan last October.

The last meeting took place in April 2022, when Mirzoyan was on a three-day business trip to India, and this trip during which he was the head of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also accepted.

Radio Liberty



Azerbaijan news

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Back to top button