Interfax, Russia
Dec 15 2009
Baku concerned about alleged supply of Russian arms to Armenia
BAKU Jan 15
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry commented on the Russian alleged
transfer of $800 million worth of armaments to Armenia on Thursday.
"Reports make us think that the armaments have really been supplied,"
the ministry said. "The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry is profoundly
concerned about this fact."
"The supplied armaments will considerably enlarge the military
potential of the country, which has occupied some of Azerbaijani
lands, and help continue and intensify this occupation," the ministry
said.
The transfer of Russian armaments to Armenia is a direct violation of
UN Security Council resolutions concerning the Azerbaijani-Armenian
conflict and UN General Assembly on situation on the occupied
Azerbaijani lands of March 14, 2008.
Meanwhile, acting spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Col.
Alexander Drobyshevsky denied reports claiming the arms supplies to
Armenia on Wednesday.
‘There were no supplies of Russian armaments to Armenia," he told
Interfax-AVN.