To refuse from military cooperation with Russia means not to think of Armenia's future, Seyran Ohanyan, Defense Minister of Armenia, told reporters, Thursday.
"Russia is our strategic partner and it means much. Russia assists us globally," the minister explained. As for the escalation of tensions in the Karabakh conflict zone, the minister said Azerbaijan tries to settle its political and economic problems and distract the world community's attention from the centennial of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has recently expressed his concern over Russia selling arms to Azerbaijan. He spotlighted that "the soldier on the border realizes that they try to destroy him with Russian weapons."