Expert says Azeri armament no priority for RussiaJuly 23, 2012 - 18:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan’s armament is neither a priority for Russian foreign policy, nor a trend in its defense companies’ activities, senior fellow at the Institute of Political and Social Studies of the Black Sea and Caspian region said. “Russia’s official stance holds that sharp change in military-political and strategic balance at the line of contact between the parties should meet its interests in the South and North Caucasus regions,” Andrei Areshev said, commenting on Russian-Azerbaijani arms deal. He further said that unlike the Russian-Armenian military and technical cooperation, Russian-Azerbaijani collaboration doesn’t bear such a complex character. “You might not believe but Russian government sometimes lacks resources to regulate commercial activities of separate businesses,” he said, adding that special defense companies are in charge of arms supply. The political expert further deemed arms deals between Azerbaijan and Western countries possible in the near future. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |