India Armenia: The enmity and tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan is well known. Meanwhile, due to the friendship between India and Armenia, Azerbaijan and its friend Pakistan are in tension. Now Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir is nervous after India supplied deadly weapons including Pinaka rocket to Armenia. Under tension, he has suddenly arrived on a tour of Azerbaijan. Pakistani Army Chief has announced to increase military and defense relations with Azerbaijan. The Pakistani Army issued a statement saying that General Munir’s visit is an important step towards increasing the strategic partnership between Pakistan and Azerbaijan.
Pakistan Army said that during General Munir’s visit, he met Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, Defense Minister and Army Chiefs. During this, discussions were held on increasing defense cooperation between the two countries. Pakistan had openly helped Azerbaijan with arms during the Nagorno Karabakh war. Pakistani army supplies rockets and many other deadly weapons to Azerbaijan. It was on the strength of the weapons of Turkey, Israel and Pakistan that Azerbaijan snatched Nagerno Karabakh from Armenia.
Pakistan’s General Asim Munir also met the soldiers of Azerbaijan. During this, he said that Pakistan will continue to support Azerbaijan’s army in future also. The Pakistani Army Chief has made this visit at a time when India has supplied Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher to Armenia, a victim of Azerbaijan’s bullying. The first consignment of Indian Pinaka system was sent to Armenia on 5 October.
India did not openly reveal the name of the country but analysts say that it has been supplied to Armenia. Last year, Armenia had placed an order with India’s DRDO to purchase the Pinaka rocket system. This entire deal was worth Rs 2000 crore. Pinaka Mk-1 ER rocket system can hunt its targets up to a distance of 45 km. Whereas Pinaka Mk-2 rocket system is capable of hitting a distance of 75 km. India’s Pinaka system has reached Armenia via Iran. Azerbaijan was badly frightened by India’s delivery of this rocket.
The enmity between Armenia and Azerbaijan is not current but old. Both the countries have fought a fierce war for three months in 2020 over Nagorno Karabakh. In this war, Azerbaijan defeated Armenia on the basis of Israeli and Turkish weapons. Later a ceasefire was reached with the mediation of Russia. However, even after this, military clashes have taken place several times between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In such a situation, Armenia has tried to buy arms from outside countries by leaving Russia embroiled in the Ukraine war. This is the reason why Armenia has purchased Bharti’s Pinaka missile.
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