ArmInfo. As part of further development of military-economic cooperation of the CSTO member countries, and, in particular, cooperation and integration of enterprises and organizations of the defense complex, on January 29, RA Defense Minister David Tonoyan received delegation of the Kalashnikov Concern, headed by the concern's general director Andrei Baryshinikov.
Greeting the guests, David Tonoyan stressed the importance of the cooperation of the Kalashnikov Concern with the Armenian military-industrial enterprises, reports the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry. He stated his readiness to assist all those projects that are aimed at the organization of joint production of military products in Armenia.
In turn, Andrey Baryshnikov congratulated the Minister on the Army Day, and thanked for the invitation to take part in an official reception on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the country's Armed Forces. The head of the Concern presented the process of implementing joint projects with Armenian partners within the framework of the CSTO to the RA Minister of Defense. In particular, within the framework of the military-technical cooperation program envisaged by the Treaty of May 15, 1992 and the agreement of May 24, 2016, summarized details of the project for the joint production of the latest machines are presented.
Earlier, ArmInfo reported that Armenia was experimentally purchasing a small batch of the latest AK-12 out of 50 copies. As Kommersant newspaper wrote, the Armenian armed forces will try the new AK-12 in action, after which, if approved, the purchases will continue. According to the newspaper, Armenia will become the first foreign country to purchase the "Kalashnikovs" of the new sample. According to armoury- online.ru, the Russian automatic carbine under the symbol AK-12, which means "Kalashnikov assault rifle of 2012", is a promising development of the Kalashnikov concern. One of the main features of the AK-12 was the increased ergonomics of the weapon in comparison with the AK-74M caliber 5.45×39 and the AKM caliber 7.62×39. The work carried out increased the accuracy of fire, the reliability of the mechanisms of weapons and increase the service life.