Yerevan rejects Baku's accusation of “mass militarization”

PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan has rejected allegations from Azerbaijan accusing Armenia of “mass militarization”

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan once again referred to the acquisition of weapons and equipment by Armenia, calling it mass militarization.

“If we compare the military expenditures of Armenia and Azerbaijan both in terms of absolute numbers, proportion, and the types of weapons purchased, we will see who is carrying out mass militarization,” Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anna Badalyan said in response to a media inquiry.

“On the contrary, the top leadership of the Republic of Armenia declares that it is not going to adopt a security concept based only on the army, and considers the regulation of relations with its neighbors and the establishment of peace in the region to be an important part of its security concept. And the top leadership of Azerbaijan declares that their main task is to strengthen military capabilities.

“It is not superfluous to remind that Armenia has repeatedly proposed to Azerbaijan and is still proposing to create mutual arms control mechanisms, and Azerbaijan leaves this proposal unresponsive, adopting more and more aggressive rhetoric towards the Republic of Armenia. I reaffirm that the Republic of Armenia has no offensive agenda other than defending itself against possible aggressions. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan issues almost daily threats to the Republic of Armenia.”