Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
June 20, 2005, Monday
CHIEF OF THE ARMENIAN GENERAL STAFF ACCUSES AZERBAIJAN OF VIOLATING
THE CFE TREATY
Colonel General Mikhail Arutyunian, chief of the Armenian General
Staff has accused Azerbaijan of violating the CFE Treaty. According
to a top-level military man, “Azerbaijan has 50-100% more tanks and
100-125% more artillery units than is allowed under the treaty.”
General Arutyunian says Azerbaijan’s protests are groundless with
regard to relocation of Russian arms from military bases in Georgia
to the 102nd Russian Military Base in Armenia. In his words,
redeployment of the Russian arms won’t shift the balance of forces in
the region. “Russia won’t hand the arms over to Armenia but provide
its base in Armenia with extra armaments,” the general noted.
Source: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, June 17, 2005, p. 5