NO DISCUSSION ON LIBERATED TERRITORIES ISSUE?
A1+
[08:26 pm] 23 October, 2008
"The issues discussed during the meeting with the Russian Defense
Minister related only to bilateral cooperation, as well as
military-technical issues within the framework of the CSTO," told
"A1+" today RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan.
Let us recall that Armenian and Russian Defense Ministers Seyran
Ohanyan and Anatoli Serdiukov met on October 3 and according to the
presses, Serdiukov brought with him the maps of liberated territories
and discussed the issue concerning the dislocation of Armenian forces
from those territories and the allocation of other forces.
"There has been no discussion on any issue relating to the territories
or Nagorno-Karabakh," clarified today Seyran Ohanyan.
As far as the rumors going around about the establishment of a new
Russian military base in Ijevan are concerned, Ohanyan replied:
"The discussions on the military bases regard the complete functioning
of the existing military bases; in other words, in war or peace, they
must be able to solve the issues through mobilization and corresponding
resources. There has been no discussion on allocation because they
have their site for allocation," told "A1+" Seyran Ohanyan.