Azerbaijan Holding Talks With Turkey on Purchase of Pontoon Bridges

Shamil Alibeyli; Azerbaijan is negotiating with FNSS company of Turkey on the purchase of Samur pontoon bridges, said Yaqub Dasdelen, head of the international cooperation department of the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries.

According to him, this bridge is in the arsenal of the Turkish Army and Azerbaijani delegation was interested in this system during the visit to Turkey.

Dasdelen said that depending on the final decision of Azerbaijan, Turkey may sell these systems to Azerbaijan: “We are ready to cooperate to meet all needs of Azerbaijan’s defense industry.”

The Turkish representative added that Turkey offered some defense systems, including Otokar armored vehicles and Roketsan missiles. It is planned to manufacture Roketsan missiles in Azerbaijan and include in the arsenal of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Azerbaijan is also interested in T-129 ATAK helicopters produced by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

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