The military parade held in Yerevan on Wednesday on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, as well as the weaponry displayed during it have most likely discomposed the military and political leadership of Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry convened a consultation attended by the supreme MOD staff, haqqin.az reports. The tasks set before the Azerbaijani Armed Forces were discussed during it.
According to the source, the consultation addressed the need to strengthen the intelligence activities for determining new targets in the “adversary’s territory,” as well as assessing their significance and ways of their dismantlement. All the troops were instructed to enhance coordination in that direction.
“Minister Zakir Hasanov instructed to strengthen the supervision over the adversary’s objects of strategic and military significance and be ready for their dismantlement if needed,” the source says.
YEREVAN. – The weaponry demonstrated at the parade held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Armenian independence was purchased on $200 mln loan provided by Russia.
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces, Movses Hakobyan, said the aforementioned to journalists on Wednesday.
”Part of the demonstrated weaponry was purchased on Russian loan. The other part was obtained on our own means,” he noted.
Iskander and Smerch complexes were for the first time demonstrated during the military parade on Wednesday.
The Armenian newspaper “Joghovourt” writes that the Armenian authorities have promised to achieve an exceptional military parade on September 21 in Yerevan on the occasion of 25th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Armenia.
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