AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENT TO EXPRESS ATTITUDE TOWARDS TRANSFER OF RUSSIAN AMMO TO ARMENIA
TREND
Jan 28 2009
Azerbaijan
The Milli Majlis (Azerbaijani Parliament) will express its attitude
towards transfer of Russian ammunition to Armenia. The issue will be
reviewed at the spring session, Parliament press service head Akif
Tavakkuloglu said to journalists on Jan. 28.
Azerbaijan accused Russia of intensifying Armenia’s military potential
after the information on transfer of ammunition worst 800 million
dollars from Gumru military unit to Armenia was released in media.
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.
"This transfer contradicts the conventions of the UN Council
of Security on settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over
Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia breaks obligation on non-rendering support
to one of the sides," earlier the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
Moscow officially denies the fact of transfer of ammunition to Armenia.
Any document that will further made will depend of discussions
Tavakkuloglu said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress