2024-06-14 03:04:46
Secretary of the Safety Council, Armen Grigoryan, defined on Public TV the way it occurred that RA determined to diversify its safety.
“Initially, after we tried to purchase weapons from the Russian Federation ranging from 2021, we signed contracts, we additionally developed an idea of complete reforms of the military with Russia with a view to collectively implement these reforms.
However as a substitute of these reforms, there have been assaults on Armenia in Could and November, Russia didn’t provide us with the mandatory weapons. By obligatory, I imply bought weapons. All of these 250 million are contracts beginning in 2021, and we have began on the lookout for new companions. One of many well-known ones was India, lately – France, numerous EU international locations, and we’ve got began working with many different international locations,” Secretary of the Safety Council Armen Grigoryan said on the air of Public Tv.
From January 2021, Russia’s share in Armenia’s arms procurement has decreased from the earlier 96% to 10%.
“In 2020, 96 % of all the military-technical cooperation of the Republic of Armenia was with the Russian Federation. From January 2021 till now, we’ve got signed contracts value a number of billion {dollars} with numerous international locations. For the time being, Russia’s quantity in these contracts is lower than 10 %,” he stated.