Pan Armenian News

ALIYEV: WE KNOW THAT RUSSIAN WEAPONS NOT CONVEYED TO ARMENIA

20.06.2005 04:11

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrovsays he managed to
reassure Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev about the withdrawal of the
Russian military base from Georgia. `We will convey the part of the military
equipment not to Armenia but to the Russian military base dislocated in
Gyumri. Thus the balance of forced will remain unchanged’, S. Lavrov noted.
In his turn I. Aliyev said that Baku understands that the weapons are not
conveyed to Armenia noting that Azerbaijan’s military expenses will increase
with $70 million by the end of the year. He also did not rule out that
Azerbaijan will purchase military equipment in Russia, Interfax reported.