April 16, 2005 - 08:16 AMT
ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY: AZERI MEDIA REPORTS ON ARMENIA BUYING ACACIA SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY MOUNTS NONSENSE
Press Secretary of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, Colonel Seyran Shahsuvarian qualified as "nonsense" Azeri media reports that lately 16 units of Acacia152-millimeter self-propelled howitzers were illegally delivered to Armenia from the Russian military base in Akhalkalaki (Georgia) and were stationed in Noyemberian region of Armenia, Arminfo news agency reported. In his words, the reports are false. It should be noted that the reports had been spread by Turan Azeri news agency referring to "well-informed military sources".