In 2010 Azerbaijan increased the technical capabilities of the Armed Forces at the cost of the new weapons and military vehicles, APA reported.

In their reports to the UN Register of Conventional Arms a number of countries gave information about the weapons and military vehicles sold to Azerbaijan.

According to the reports, in 2010, Turkey sold to Azerbaijan 15 armoured vehicles, Ukraine 71 BTR-70, 7 122mm 2C1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery vehicles, 1 Mi-24R helicopter, 1 guided antitank missile, Slovakia 1 2A42 combat vehicles and cannon installed in the helicopters, Belarus 30 120 mm D-30 cannons, 1 Su-25 combat planes, Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 128mm RAK-12 multiple-rocket launchers and 20 000 missiles for these launchers.

Turkey sold 110 pistols, Ukraine 3000 submachine guns, Austria 100 pistols in the reporting period.

Very few countries submitted reports to the Registry. New materials will be made public by the end of the year, according to APA.