It is reported RIA Novosti.

“For now, I can say that Armenia will be the first country, except for Russia, which will purchase AK-12. The contract is signed while we are preparing a small batch, in which there are about 50 machines. They will look, they will try it in business, and, hopefully, they will continue to purchase, ”said Dmitriev.

According to him, “Kalashnikov” conducts a dialogue with all the power structures of Russia, but it’s too early to talk about a massive transition to a new machine.

On December 20, 2018, it became known that Kalashnikov supplied the Ministry of Defense with the first production batch of the AK-12.