Interfax, Russia
Dec 15 2009

Russian ambassador provides explanations to Baku on Russia’s alleged
transfer of weapons to Armenia

BAKU Jan 15

Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasily Istratov has handed
explanations to the Azeri Foreign Ministry, given Azerbaijan’s
concerns about alleged supplies of Russian weapons to Armenia.

After that, the Azeri side formulated questions to define the matter,
the Russian embassy reported on Thursday. "We expect answers to these
questions to arrive soon," the embassy said.

Earlier on Thursday, the Azeri foreign ministry made a statement in
the wake of media reports claiming that Russia had handed armaments
worth 800 million to Armenia.

"A study of these reports provided sufficient reason to believe that
the weapons were indeed provided," the statement says.