YEREVAN. – The press reports, according to which Italy has sold illegal arms to Armenia, do not correspond to reality.

Press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia, Tigran Balayan, stated the abovementioned commenting, at Armenian News-NEWS.am’s request, on the respective reports by the Azerbaijani press.

“There are no Italian-made helicopters at the disposal of Armenia’s armed forces,” Balayan added.

According to the “information” in the Azerbaijani media, which in turn cite the Italian press, several helicopters, which were acquired for civil aviation, were reequipped by an Italian company for military use, and, allegedly, Armenia was among the countries that had purchased these choppers.