Aliyev says Azerbaijan purchasing "the most modern weapons"June 27, 2022 - 13:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Baku signed new contracts for the purchase of "the most modern weapons," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said, according to RIA Novosti. "We have signed new contracts for the purchase of the most modern weapons," Aliyev said. "These contracts are already being implemented, new weapons and the most modern equipment are being imported into Azerbaijan." Aliyev made the remarks during a visit to the Kelbajar region, which came under Azerbaijani control during the Second Karabakh war. 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. |