Azerbaijan showed interest towards the newest Russian MC-21 passenger planes, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday.

“After the first flight of this plane (we plan that to happen by the end of this year or in the very beginning of 2017, in February), we aim to sign a contract [with Azerbaijan] for no less then ten MC-21 planes,” Rogozin said, RIA Novosti reports.

In 2017, Azerbaijan is also planning to buy Ruslan jet, he added.