Information on 24 Mi-35M attack helicopters sale to Azerbaijan yet to be verifiedFebruary 25, 2011 - 17:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The information on sale of 24 Mi-35M attack helicopters to Azerbaijan is yet to be verified, a military source in Russia told PanARMENIAN.Net As he noted, similar information is often circulated in Azerbaijan to undermine Armenian-Russian strategic partnership. “Any information on arms supply, including publications, needs to be verified and confirmed; supplies in question can cause violation of armament parity in the region, which Russia does not need,” the source said. A representative of Rostvertol Russian company, in turn, refused to provide official comments about Russia –Azerbaijan deal on sale of 24 Mi-35M attack helicopters to Azerbaijan. As news.az reported on February 24, in September-October 2010, Rostvertol signed a deal to sell 24 Mi-35M attack helicopters to Azerbaijan. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |