BAKU PROTESTS AGAINST INVENTED "ARMENIA’S PURCHASE OF ARMAMENT FROM ALBANIA"
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.07.2007 18:15 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry will send a
note to Albania. Azeri FM Elmar Mammadyarov told Azeri TV channels that
it will be a note of protest against "illegal selling of armament to
Armenia." The Minister emphasized that according to a UN resolution,
"no country can sell armament to other countries which are in state
of war."
"Armenia has never bought weapons from Albania and is not going to do
it. The information spread by APA agency is a lie from the beginning
to the end," Spokesman for the RA Defense Ministry Colonel Seyran
Shahsuvaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter yesterday.
Quoting Industrywatch APA reported that Turkish authorities have
refused transit to a sizeable consignment of Albanian weapons and
ammunition bound for Armenia. They forced the Albanian ship to sail
back with its cargo.
Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berishi said Turkey forced back the
Albanian ship loaded with armament.
"One of our naval vessels loaded with containers full of weapons,
mainly heavy artillery and ammunition, was berthed at Durres port. The
ship had sailed from Durres to Istanbul," he underlined adding
that problematic relations between Armenia and Turkey resulted in a
situation when the ship had to return and the armament was unloaded
in Duress port. MEIKO Company director stated that Albania is not
interfering in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The
Albanian Defense Ministry had appointed the MEIKO Company to fill the
Armenian order, since it had some experience in this business selling
Pinari armament. The Armenian side would pay for the consignment of
armament," APA reported.