January 14, 2009 - 13:49 AMT
Russian Defense Ministry denies armament delivery to Armenia
The Russian Defense Ministry has refuted Azeri media reports about delivery of Russian armament to Armenia.

The reports are clearly untrue, said Alexander Drobyshevsky, a spokesman for the Ministry, told The Echo of Moscow.

Earlier, the Armenian Defense Ministry also denied the reports that Russia supplied Armenia with military hardware to the amount of $800 million.

The reports are absolutely false, the RA Defense Minister's spokesman, colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

Azeri ANS TV quoted Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman Alexander Petrunin as saying that "Russia delivered military hardware to Armenia in the framework of a transnational agreement."