January 17, 2009 - 13:58 AMT
Lavrov personally told Mammadyarov that Russia didn't deliver armament to Armenia
On initiative of the Russian side, RF Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a phone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov to discuss the alleged delivery of Russian armament to Armenia.

Mr. Lavrov informed that the Russian Foreign Ministry jointly with the General Staff have studied the issue and officially concluded that no armament was supplied to Armenia.

The sides agreed to continue consultations for complete clarification of the issue, 1news.az reports.

Earlier this week, Azeri ANS TV quoted Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman Alexander Petrunin as saying that "Russia delivered military hardware to the amount of $800 million to Armenia in the framework of a transnational agreement."