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  • Chief of Armenian general staff accuses Azerbaijan of violating CFE

    Agency WPS
    DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
    June 20, 2005, Monday

    CHIEF OF THE ARMENIAN GENERAL STAFF ACCUSES AZERBAIJAN OF VIOLATING
    THE CFE TREATY


    Colonel General Mikhail Arutyunian, chief of the Armenian General
    Staff has accused Azerbaijan of violating the CFE Treaty. According
    to a top-level military man, "Azerbaijan has 50-100% more tanks and
    100-125% more artillery units than is allowed under the treaty."
    General Arutyunian says Azerbaijan's protests are groundless with
    regard to relocation of Russian arms from military bases in Georgia
    to the 102nd Russian Military Base in Armenia. In his words,
    redeployment of the Russian arms won't shift the balance of forces in
    the region. "Russia won't hand the arms over to Armenia but provide
    its base in Armenia with extra armaments," the general noted.

    Source: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, June 17, 2005, p. 5
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