Russia to remain Armenia’s “major” arms supplier, officer says

Interfax news agency, Moscow
1 Jun 04

Yerevan, 1 June: Armenia plans to increase defence spending in 2005,
the country’s Defence Minister and Security Council secretary, Serzh
Sarkisyan, has said.

Serzh Sarkisyan spoke after the parliamentary session on the execution
of the 2003 budget.

Armenia will spend about 85m dollars on defence in 2004, a 7-8 per cent
rise from the year before. The Armenian army uses mostly Russian-made
weapons and military hardware.

A source in the country’s Defence Ministry told Interfax that Russia
will remain Armenia’s major arms supplier.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS