May 21, 2004 - 19:09 AMT
ARMENIA PURCHASED TWO IL-76 RUSSIAN TRANSPORT WARPLANES
Two IL-76 transport warplanes, which were purchased by Armenia from Russia "due to the principles functioning within the frames of the Collective Security Treaty Organization", landed in Yerevan yesterday, Russian defense minister Sergey Ivanov told journalists in Yerevan. In his words, "the Armenian party purchased the planes at the internal prices of the Russian market".