Wednesday, June 28 2017 14:50

ArmInfo.Armenia negatively regards any supply of arms to Azerbaijan. Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan said this at a press conference in Yerevan on June 28, commenting on Russia's supply of modern weapons to Azerbaijan.

He noted that Armenia had repeatedly expressed its opinion on this  issue and the position of Armenia had not changed. "We are negative  about this for a simple reason: Azerbaijan is an unpredictable  country where there are no elementary mechanisms of public,  democratic control, that is, the level of aggressiveness of this  state is due only to the comparison of internal problems that are  often beyond analysis," said the head of the Armenian Defense  Ministry. According to him, in this connection, whether Russian  weapons, or Turkish, or Israeli, any arms deliveries create new  serious risks, since it is difficult to understand who makes  decisions in this country at any given moment.

He also recalled that Armenia and Russia have their own plan for  military-technical and military-political cooperation conditioned by  allied and partner relations. According to Sargsyan, Armenia is  satisfied with the level of cooperation, an ambitious program is  being implemented, and the tasks voiced within the framework of the  existing dialogue are more far-reaching than simply arms deliveries.  "We receive weapons and ammunition from Russia, and at domestic  prices, and this is a very important market for us, including from  the point of view of acquiring arms in the framework of cooperation  programs. If an official tells you that he is not bothered by  Russia's supply of arms to Azerbaijan, he will surely be screwed up  by soul, "Sargsyan concluded .

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported that in  accordance with the intergovernmental agreement and within the  framework of successfully developing military-technical cooperation  between Azerbaijan and Russia, a planned supply of the latest  military equipment was carried out. "A large batch of modern weapons  arriving at the port in Baku in the near future will be sent to the  front-line zone. This armament will strengthen the combat and  maneuver capabilities of the advanced units of the Armed Forces of  Azerbaijan to defeat armored vehicles, engineering and fortification  structures, low-speed air targets, manpower and other enemy  facilities. The supply of Russian military equipment and weapons to  Azerbaijan will be continued, "the Ministry of Defense reported.