Aserbaidschan wirft diese Fragen auf und bezieht sich insbesondere auf den Waffenerwerb Armeniens, der hinsichtlich Kosten und Umfang nicht mehr als 15–20 % der Waffenerwerbe Aserbaidschans ausmacht, und unsere Erwerbe sind größtenteils defensiver Natur

I liked the part where he says „we were never far from the West“, that CEPA was signed long ago, etc. You’d think he should boast about how we are turning towards the West since 2018 but no, he alludes to the fact that we are a Western nation, have always been. This is absolutely the right thing to say.

Hmm, I would’ve been certain the acquisition of arms has been higher, from what I understand Armenia’s military budget is slightly less than half of Azerbaijan’s budget though Armenia may be spending more money on training and professionalizing the military. Granted, this was said in an interview and Pashinyan has been wrong about his statements before, are there any documents which corroborate his statement?

I’m wondering if this is in the context of a specific year, as in 2023, or is it a cumulative thing instead, given we’ve purchased a fair bit of artillery and supposedly drones, along with the more foundational stuff of clothing and the like. Beyond the big ticket purchases of jets and Israeli surface-to-air(?) Missiles I don’t recall much of anything else that was had by them for 2023.