AZERBAIJAN OFFICIALLY DEMANDED FROM RUSSIA TO CLARIFY ISSUE OF TRANSFER OF $800 MILLION WEAPONS TO ARMENIA
Azerbaijan Business Center
Jan 13 2009
Azerbaijan
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Azerbaijan demands from the Rusian side
clarification regarding reports of the recent transfer of weapons
to Armena.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan informs that over
the last few days the news agencies disseminated information about
alleged transfer of weapons worth $800 million from the 102nd military
base located in the city of Gumri, Armenia, to the latter. In this
connection on 12 January Vasily Istratov, the Russian ambassador to
Azerbaijan, was invited to the Azerbaijani MFA.
In the course of the meeting with deputy foreign minister Araz Azimov
of Azerbaijan the Russian diplomat was made an official inquiry on the
occasion of confirmation of information actuality. In his turn, the
ambassador promised that the Russian party would clarify the matter.