AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTRY URGES FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT ALLEGED RUSSIAN ARMAMENT SUPPLIES TO ARMENIA
Trend News Agency
Jan 15 2009
Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry is dissatisfied with Russia’s
explanation about free armament supplies to Armenia worth $800 million
and wants more details, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Elkhan Polukhov told Trend News on Jan. 15.
On Jan. 14, Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasiliy Istratov spoke
with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov about the Russian
Defense Ministry’s official reply to an inquiry about an alleged
armament supply to Armenia. The reply did not satisfy Azerbaijan.
Mammadyarov has requested a more detailed explanation from Istratov.
Earlier, the Russian ambassador was invited to the Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry to explain media reports about the alleged armament supply
to Armenia.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan
lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December
1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7
districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed
a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia,
France, and the U.S. – are currently holding the peace negotiations.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
