September 4, 2009 - 22:49 AMT
Azerbaijan major purchaser of Belarusian arms
Russia purchased 15 P27-P air-to-air rockets for Su-27 and MiG-29 from Belarus last year. Syria bought 33 MiG-23 fighters. 203mm 2C7 howitzers were delivered to Azerbaijan, a Belarusian newspaper reported.

2006 Register of Conventional Arms said that Belarus sold 41 Т-72 tanks to Azerbaijan only. According to UN data, in 2005 Azerbaijan bought 19 Т-72 tanks, Slovakia bought 2 Mi-2 helicopters from Belarus.

Not watched by the UN, the period from 1992-2001 is considered to be the most profitable for Belarus. In 1998-2001, Belarus sold arms to the amount of $1 billion.