Georgia opposes Russian arms transfer to Armenia
Baku, June 2, AssA-Irada
Official Baku has held talks with the Foreign Ministry of Georgia
concerning the transfer of Russian weaponry to Armenia. The Azerbaijani
government is awaiting the results of the ongoing negotiations between
Russia and Georgia and is ‘in no hurry’ to respond to recent media
reports in this connection, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
“Moving military bases from Georgia to Armenia has not been officially
confirmed yet. If necessary, Baku will use its own mechanisms to
prevent the transfer of arms”, the Minister said.
The Georgian ambassador to Azerbaijan Zurab Gumberidze said that
Georgia opposes stationing of arms in Armenia but considers this
‘an internal affair of Russia and Armenia’.*