VASILY ISTRATOV LABELS "DOCUMENT ON RUSSIAN ARMS DELIVERY TO ARMENIA" FAKE

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.01.2009 18:19 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russian Ambassador to Armenia labeled the documents
on Russian arms delivery to Armenia published by Azeri media as fake.

"Such document doesn’t exist. There was no delivery of arms," Vasily
Istratov said.

He voiced regret that the negative experience of arms delivery
to Armenia in 1996 is dominating over today’s Russian-Azerbaijani
relations.

"I am hopeful that the issue will be finally settled during the
impending meetings between the Ministers of Defense and Foreign
Affairs," the Ambassador said.

He also regretted that despite the official note sent by the Russian
MFA, the Azeri media and some members of Milli Mejlis are still
discussing the issue.

Commenting to Azeri journalists, Ambassador Istratov said, "It
doesn’t mean that the Russian Federation has never supplied Armenia
with arms. Armenia and Russia are strategic allies. Nevertheless, the
document circulated by the Azeri media is false," Novosti Azerbaijan
reports.