Armenia will be the first buyer of new Kalashnikov assault riflesJanuary 24, 2019 - 11:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will purchase about 50 new AK-12 assault rifles from the Kalashnikov Concern, general director of the Concern Vladimir Dmitriev said in an interview with Kommersant. “The contract being ready, we are preparing a small batch of about 50 rifles for now. They will use and test them, and hopefully continue to purchase more,” Dmitriev said. According to Dmitriev, Armenia will become the first country other than Russia to purchase AK-12. Kalashnikov concern has been under U.S. and European sanctions for the fifth year now but remains one of the most successful defense enterprises in Russia. It is the largest Russian developer and manufacturer of automatic combat and sniper weapons, guided artillery rockets, as well as a wide range of precision weapons. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine 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. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |