Imports by states in Europe decreased by 36 per cent between 2005–2009 and 2010–14. The UK was the largest importer of major weapons in Europe (receiving 14 per cent of deliveries), followed by Azerbaijan (13 per cent)
According to SIPRI, Azerbaijan—which has a territorial dispute with Armenia over the Nagorno Karabakh region that saw rising tensions in 2014- increased its arms imports by 249 per cent between 2005-2009 and 2010-2014. The de facto armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh are substantial, but it remains unclear when and from where those forces have acquired their weapons. However, it is highly likely that Armenia has supplied at least some of the weapons, the report says.
Azerbaijan second in Europe for volume of weapons import
16 March 2015
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The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - SIPRI has published the next report on the state of the market of international arms and weaponry.
