Baku dissatisfied with Russia's response "on armament delivery" to ArmeniaJanuary 15, 2009 - 14:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan is dissatisfied with Russia's response on its free of charge armament delivery to the amount of $800 million to Armenia and urges for extra explanation, said Elkhan Polukhov, a spokesperson for the Azeri MFA.Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasiliy Istratov conveyed Tuesday to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov the reply from the Russian Defense Ministry to Azerbaijan's inquiry about the alleged armament supply from the Armenia-based 102nd Russian military base in Gumri to Armenia. The reply did not satisfy the Azerbaijani side and the Foreign Minister urged for more detailed explanation, Polukhov said. The Russian Defense Ministry refuted Wednesday 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." 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |