June 9, 2008 - 14:22 AMT
RA Defense Minister: Armenia closely watches Azeri army rearmament process
Purchase of unmanned planes to scout the territory of NKR and Armenia is quite natural for the incumbent Azeri authorities, Armenia's Defense Minister said.

"We are carrying out certain work and are not going to fall behind Baku in the issue," Seyran Ohanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter during a news conference in Yerevan.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry plans to buy 10 Hermes 450 unmanned scout planes from Silver Arrow Israeli company "to control the territories occupied by Armenia," according to a source in the Azeri Ministry.