Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Aug 14 2012

Ukraine denies sales of volley fire systems to Armenia

The Ukrainian Embassy in Azerbaijan has denied sales of volley fire
systems to Armenia in 2011, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

The embassy called the copy of the letter of Ukrainian defense
minister posted on August 8, 2012, false. The letter contains a scheme
of illegal shipments of 12 Smerch volley fire systems, and 50 Igla
complexes. Fake companies registered in the EU and CIS were used for
the shipment. Armenia paid 50% of the price. Ukrspetsexport was
recommended to cancel the deal with Armenia publicly to continue
cooperation with Azerbaijan.