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Published on July 24, 2008
BAKU LABELS LIST OF ARMAMENT PURCHASED BY AZERBAIJAN AS ‘MISINFORMATION OF PRO-ARMENIAN MEDIA IN RUSSIA’
- The Russian media’s data on weaponry purchased by Azerbaijan “doesn’t correspond to the truth,” said the press office of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. The report has been labeled as misinformation disseminated by pro-Armenia media in Russia and as a part of propaganda war. “The article was written to present Azerbaijan as an aggressor state,” the Ministry said, 1news.az reports. Meanwhile, the information posted on Moscow Defense Brief website says, in part, “In 2005, Azerbaijan signed a contract with Ukraine for the delivery of 12 MiG-29 fighters, two MiG-29UB aircraft, and 12 L-39 training aircraft. It bought 12 Su-25 assault planes (probably Czech) and one Su-27UB from Georgia. Negotiations with Ukraine for the acquisition of Su-27 fighters and Su-25 assault planes have also been reported, along with modernization in Ukraine of Azeri Mi-24 combat helicopters by the South African ATE company’s Super Hind Mk-III program. Azerbaijan is reportedly looking to acquire 24 of the new Chinese FC-1 light fighters. It is also purchasing UAVs from Israel. From 2007, Azerbaijan began to acquire arms from Russia. In particular, Azerbaijan was the first to place an order for the new Russian BTR-90, signing a contract with the Arzamas Machine Building Plant for delivery in 2008 of a few BTR-90s and 70 BTR-80A. One of the conditions of the agreement reached in 2002 over the status of the Gabalina radar station was the provision of military assistance to modernize Azerbaijan’s air force and air defense systems, the training of Azeri military in Russia, and repair services for military equipment. As for NATO, in spite of Azerbaijan’s fairly active assertions of its intentions to join the alliance, to meet NATO standards and the like, cooperation with Western countries has been limited to relatively modest military assistance and training. Turkey has provided the greatest amount of aid, reaching a total of 170 million USD in 2005. Azerbaijan has also purchased small arms and modern communications equipment from American and Israeli firms on a purely commercial basis.”
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