Russian materiel relocation to Armenia won’t endanger Azerbaijan
By Alexander Konovalov, Sergei Babkin

ITAR-TASS News Agency
June 14, 2005 Tuesday

DATMOSCOW, June 14 — The relocation of Russian military hardware from
Georgia to Armenia will not change the balance of regional forces
or endanger Azerbaijan, Russian Chief of Staff Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky
said in answer to an Itar-Tass question after negotiations with his
Italian counterpart Gianpaolo di Paola.

“Baku should not worry about the relocation of some Russian military
hardware from Georgia to Armenia. As I have said before, the tight
schedule of the Russian military bases’ withdrawal from Georgia
may require the relocation of some military hardware to the 102nd
Russian military base in Gyumri, Armenia. The military hardware will be
stationed at the base, but it will not change the balance of regional
forces in compliance with the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in
Europe and will not endanger our neighbor – Azerbaijan,” he said.