AZERBAIJAN BUYS BELARUS TANKS

The Messenger
April 20 2010
Georgia

Armenian General Arkady Ter-Tadevosian stated some times ago that
Azerbaijan is buying obsolete tanks in Belarus, sending them to Tbilisi
for renovation and then taking them to Azerbaijan. The Azeri Ministry
of Defence has however denied such allegations and labelled them a
provocation from the Armenian side.

Ter-Tadevosian is sure that Azeri Generals are making money by buying
old Belarusian tanks. He thinks that both sides make money on the
deal as Belarus is selling junk tanks. "I am sure Lukashenko would
not sell a normal tank," the General stated, adding that every year
3-4 tanks renovated in Tbilisi are sent from Georgia to Azerbaijan.

Military analyst from Azerbaijan Hussein Japarov suggests that the
assertions of the Armenian military authorities should be treated with
caution. He says that the Azerbaijani special counter intelligence
service is systematically monitoring the Azeri Army and knows the
real situation. There are questionable things going on but not as
many as the Armenians pretend, says Japarov.