with caption “Azerbaijani sources claim Indian-made military equipment was transferred to Armenia through Iran. The cargo was delivered to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. Armenia and India have signed military contracts worth over $400 million over the recent months.”

In February, an Armenian Defense Ministry team led by Deputy Minister Karen Brutyan visited India and met with New Delhi's Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh. The agenda for the conference included discussions about the potential for growing Armenian-Indian military collaboration, as well as combined efforts in broader military-technical reciprocity.

Eduard Asryan, Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, led a team to India on March 2-4. He was then met by India's Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan, to discuss defense cooperation in the context of the current situation in the South Caucasus.

Despite Baku's repeated warnings to New Delhi about the impossibility of re-equipping the tired Armenian army and lending weight to Yerevan's illusion of impending retaliation.

Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, was emphatic in his warnings to India. Thus, in accepting the credentials of the new Indian Ambassador Sridharan Madhusudhanan in May of this year, Aliyev stated once more that revanchist forces are resurrecting in Armenia today, and territorial claims against Azerbaijan are still alive and well despite the humiliating defeat in the Second Karabakh War of 2020.

The Azerbaijani president stated that Armenia's fast militarization generates new hazards and contradicts its goal for peace with Azerbaijan; in other words, if Armenia wants peace, why does it spend millions of euros on weapons?

The transfer of lethal weapons and ammunition to Armenia, especially the high-precision Pinaka MLRS and long-range rifles, poses a direct danger to Islamic Azerbaijani cities, even those distant from the border.

This is not the first time Armenia has purchased munitions from India. India supplied four Swathi Weapon Locating Radars to Armenia for Rs 350 crore in 2020.

With legal improvements and active government support in getting overseas orders, India has made significant attempts to enhance its ammunition exports. The government has taken a variety of initiatives to encourage local manufacturing as part of its "Make in India" program.

The Indian government has adopted a two-pronged plan to reduce defence equipment imports while encouraging locally-made exports to other friendly countries.

According to the Indian government, the nation sells military and defence armaments to around 75 nations. India mostly exports military equipment to the Philippines, as well as to other countries of South-East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.


As per an article in Hindustan Times, the biggest reason for arming Armenia by India might be speculated by the recent hosting of Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif in Azerbaijan & provoking India jointly on the Kashmir issue which may have triggered INDIA in speeding up arming Armenia.