“We saw that this would lead to failure. We had to adjust this ’tilt’ in relations to reduce dependence on Russia. In terms of security, many successes have been achieved. For example, in 2020, 96% of our weapons were purchased from Russia, but over the past 4 years, this 96% has decreased to less than 10%, and this is the reality,” Grigoryan said in an interview with Civilnet.
He stated that Russia sent weapons to Armenia, but Armenia is not satisfied with what was sent.
“We believe that more should have been sent. We paid for this, and over the past 4 years, we have not received what we paid for,” Grigoryan said.
According to him, Armenia is working intensively on producing its own weapons.
“Currently, we believe that the share of locally produced weapons should be within 25% or, in case of success, 30%, and the remaining 70-75% should be supplied by our partners. We need to have five or more partners to ensure stable security and be confident that if any partner cannot provide the necessary, we must develop local production,” Grigoryan noted in an interview with Civilnet.
