YEREVAN. - The weaponry demonstrated at the parade held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Armenian independence was purchased on $200 mln loan provided by Russia.

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces, Movses Hakobyan, said the aforementioned to journalists on Wednesday.

''Part of the demonstrated weaponry was purchased on Russian loan. The other part was obtained on our own means,'' he noted.

Iskander and Smerch complexes were for the first time demonstrated during the military parade on Wednesday.