Armenia reached agreement with Russia on implementing  military-technical cooperation agremeents 

ArmInfo. Armenia has reached an agreement with Russia on implementing previously reached agreements in the field of military-technical cooperation. Armenian  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced this on April 18 in a  conversation with journalists at the government office.

When asked by a journalist whether agreements on military-technical  cooperation had indeed been reached with the Russian side during his  April Fool's visit to Moscow, Pashinyan recalled that the Armenian  side had and continues to have such cooperation with the Russian  Federation. He also noted the problems that had arisen between the  two sides in this area. "Yes, we have agreements on implementing  previously reached agreements in the field of military-technical  cooperation," Pashinyan said. As a reminder, throughout 2023,  Armenian authorities repeatedly accused Russia of failing to fulfill  arms contracts worth over $400 million. This was first raised by  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at a government meeting on  September 29, 2022. He noted, in particular, that "there are cases  where hundreds of millions of dollars are paid, but supply  obligations to Armenia are not fulfilled, including by allied  countries." And on November 24, 2023, Pashinyan stated that the  Russian side could write off part of Armenia's debt in exchange for  weapons that Armenia purchased but never delivered.

The Russian side, however, has not commented on this issue. Only a  couple of times has the existence of a problem in this area been  confirmed at the legislative level. Media outlets reported at the  time that the contract in question was between the Armenian Ministry  of Defense and the Russian plant JSC NPO Splav, which produces  Smerch-type missiles. It was also noted that even before the military  operation in Ukraine began, the plant had repeatedly contacted the  Armenian Ministry of Defense requesting the takeover of its finished  products.