BAKU AWAITING MOSCOW’S REPLY OVER ARMS SUPPLY TO ARMENIA

Interfax
Jan 21 2009
Russia

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has said that Baku
is waiting for Moscow’s reply over the arms supply to Armenia.

The minister recalled at a briefing on Wednesday that he discussed
this issue with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov a few days ago
and now Baku is waiting for a formal response from Moscow, which the
Russian ambassador in Azerbaijan said is currently being prepared.

"They [the Russian authorities] promised that the reply will follow
shortly, and we expect to receive it sometime this week," Mammadyarov
said.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry earlier confirmed several media reports
about Russia’s military aid to Armenia in late 2008 worth $800 million
and said that this fact damages the Karabakh peace process and Moscow’s
peacekeeping mission in this conflict resolution.

Meanwhile, Russia’s defense and foreign ministries denied earlier
the reports and the supply of weapons to Armenia.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress