Armenia has no need in buying US weapons, says defense minister

YEREVAN, October 28. /TASS/. Armenian Defense Minister David Tonoyan said on Sunday his country has no need in buying US-made weapons.

"We didn’t discuss a matter of buying American weapons," he said in an interview with the News.am agency following his meeting with visiting US National Security Adviser John Bolton.

Tonoyan noted that the weapons market is open and Armenia has no need in buying American weapons at this point.

Armenian acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said earlier that the cabinet was ready to look at the issue of buying US-made weapons in case it received "an attractive offer from the American side."

Meanwhile, Bolton said on October 25 that US weapons were better in terms of quality than Russian armaments and hinted at a possibility to sell them to the Armenian side.

Now, Armenia buys most of its weapons from Russia.