RUSSIA DENIES SELLING WEAPONS TO ARMENIA

Interfax
Jan 14 2009
Russia

The Russian Defense Ministry has denied Azeri media reports alleging
that Moscow supplied Yerevan with $800 million worth of weapons.

"There have been no supplies of Russian weapons to Armenia. The
reports alleging this are untrue," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman
Col. Alexander Drobyshevsky told Interfax on Wednesday.

The Azeri Defense Ministry has officially asked the Russian Defense
Ministry to provide information on the alleged supplies of weapons
to Armenia, Drobyshevsky said. "An official reply will be given in
the near future," he said.

Russia denies supplying weapons to Armenia (Part 2)

MOSCOW Jan 14

The Russian Defense Ministry has denied Azeri media reports alleging
that Moscow supplied Yerevan with $800 million worth of weapons.

"There have been no supplies of Russian weapons to Armenia. The
reports alleging this are untrue," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman
Col. Alexander Drobyshevsky told Interfax on Wednesday.

The Azeri Defense Ministry has officially asked the Russian Defense
Ministry to provide information on the alleged supplies of weapons
to Armenia, Drobyshevsky said. "An official reply will be given in
the near future," he said.

Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasily Istratov had earlier been
summoned to the Azeri Foreign Ministry to give explanations in the
wake of reports alleging that Russia had passed $800 million worth
of weapons to Yerevan from its military base in Armenia.

During a meeting between Istratov and Azeri Deputy Foreign Minister
Araz Azimov, the Russian diplomat was asked officially whether these
reports were true, to which Istratov answered that Russia would give
explanations on the matter later.