Different kinds of weapons have their own characteristics. The only question is where and how to use them more effectively, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during the governmental hour at the session of the National Assembly of Armenia on Wednesday, answering the questions of the deputies.

In his opinion, the head of the government is not the person who should call to the General Staff and tell them what to shoot and what to put in the air. In particular he confessed that he first learned about the problem of helmets and body armour shortage after the start of the 44-day war. The prime minister also touched on criticism of his ignorance of the needs of the military.

"I'm sorry, but the prime minister doesn't have to read a document of several hundred pages and say, 'Oh my God! What does it say? That's what the relevant agencies are there to make decisions. During my tenure as Prime Minister, all financial requests of the Army were fulfilled," Pashinyan stressed.

According to him, it is up to the Air Force to decide what kind of military aviation to purchase. To do so, they have to assess their needs.

"Neither the Prime Minister nor the Chief of General Staff can know military aviation so well as to make a single decision on the purchase of SU-30SM," Pashinyan added.

Pashinyan also pointed out that when the Armed Forces presented him with a plan of purchasing weapons and military equipments for the next 10 years (total amount of $12 billion) he only replied that the money would be found.

"When I was told that the army needs 15 billion drams for food organization, I said - we'll give it. Besides, we gave 100 million dollars for the purchase of airplanes. We will also give money for buying shells. Another thing is that now it turns out that someone wiped the dust off the shells of 1973 and brought them to the storehouses of the Defense Ministry. At least that is what the materials of the case testify to. Nevertheless, we won't violate the presumption of innocence," Pashinyan said.

The above-mentioned expensive planes were parked in hangars during the 44-day war because of the lack of missiles.