AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTRY COMPLAINS OF ARMENIA AND RUSSIA TO OIC

ArmInfo
2009-02-03 12:27:00

ArmInfo. Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan forwarded a statement to
the countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
concerning ‘transfer of arms to Armenia’.

As the Azerbaijani FM told 1news.az, the statement was initially
forwarded to Saudi Arabia for further distribution among other
OIC states. ‘The statement expresses a categorical protest with
respect to arming of one of the Karabakh conflict parties by OSCE
MG cochair-country’, the source reports. Thus, the Azerbaijani party
has clearly shown the purpose of the fuss kicked up by Baku about the
alleged transfer of a big batch of arms by Russia to Armenia: if not
try to change the format of OSCE MG then make an attempt to discredit
Moscow as a mediator on Karabakh conflict settlement. To recall, last
year, Baku tried to exaggerate the issue of changing OSCE MG format.