Baku protests against invented "Armenia's purchase of armament from Albania"July 27, 2007 - 19:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry will send a note to Albania. Azeri FM Elmar Mammadyarov told Azeri TV channels that it will be a note of protest against "illegal selling of armament to Armenia." The Minister emphasized that according to a UN resolution, "no country can sell armament to other countries which are in state of war.""Armenia has never bought weapons from Albania and is not going to do it. The information spread by APA agency is a lie from the beginning to the end," Spokesman for the RA Defense Ministry Colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter yesterday. Quoting Industrywatch APA reported that Turkish authorities have refused transit to a sizeable consignment of Albanian weapons and ammunition bound for Armenia. They forced the Albanian ship to sail back with its cargo. Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berishi said Turkey forced back the Albanian ship loaded with armament. "One of our naval vessels loaded with containers full of weapons, mainly heavy artillery and ammunition, was berthed at Durres port. The ship had sailed from Durres to Istanbul," he underlined adding that problematic relations between Armenia and Turkey resulted in a situation when the ship had to return and the armament was unloaded in Duress port. MEIKO Company director stated that Albania is not interfering in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Albanian Defense Ministry had appointed the MEIKO Company to fill the Armenian order, since it had some experience in this business selling Pinari armament. The Armenian side would pay for the consignment of armament," APA reported. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |