In an interview with Israel’s ITON.TV, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to Israel Armen Smbatyan answered TV host Alexandr Valdman’s questions regarding the recent interview that Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan gave to Jerusalem Post.

Stating that Israel supplies arms to Azerbaijan due to a $5,000,000,000 agreement signed in 2016, Valdman asked why Armenia’s foreign minister doesn’t address such issues to Russia, which also supplies arms to Azerbaijan and much more than Israel.

“The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia meant that weapons shouldn’t be used to destroy peaceful civilians. Everyone knows this. This is exactly what he meant. In regard to Russia, Armenia is a part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Eurasian Economic Union, has bilateral agreements, and the two countries have been developing their relations in all directions for decades, including in the military industry sector. Yes, Armenia understands how it interacts with Russia, what Russia is doing, why it is doing it, and we understand each other,” Smbatyan said.

“You say Azerbaijan uses Israeli weapons to annihilate peaceful civilians. What are the standards that help determine which weapon is against peaceful civilians and which is against the army?” the reporter asked.

The Ambassador stated that he hasn’t stated such a thing. “I said the weapons were used against peaceful civilians. There are facts. It’s hard to follow this since the global market is a free market, and all countries can purchase weapons. In this case, we need to understand and understand that the market is free. A country has the right to purchase weapons. However, deaths of people and peaceful civilians are another story. This is what the foreign minister said. He had to talk about that.”