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PARLIAMENT MEMBER SAYS ARMENIA MUST RESPOND ADEQUATELY
TO BAKU'S PLANS TO BOOST ITS MILITARY SPENDING
YEREVAN, APRIL 7, ARMENPRESS: A senior member of
Armenian parliament slammed today Azerbaijani leaders
for continued war rhetoric and their plans to double
the country's military spending to $600 million.
Mher Shahgeldian from Orinats Yerkir party of
parliament chairman Arthur Baghdasarian, who is
chairman of a parliament committee on defense and
security issues, told a news conference that Armenia
should likewise take appropriate action to boost its
military. He said Azerbaijan's military activity was a
gross violation of Conventional Forces in Europe
agreement. He said under the agreement all OSCE member
countries have assumed obligations which they cannot
violate. He said Azerbaijan was the first OSCE member
to declare publicly it was going to breach this
agreement.
Shahgeldian urged Armenian diplomats to raise this
problem at international organizations, adding that
neither Armenia nor superpowers want a new war in this
region, which many believe would entail catastrophic
consequences. Shahgeldian commended the latest
intensified efforts of the USA to help resolve the
Karabakh conflict. He also spoke in favor of including
Karabakh authorities in the talks, citing the example
of Serbia and Kosovo, saying it would have a positive
impact on the talks, but speculated it should stem
'from the logic of the negotiation process."
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PARLIAMENT MEMBER SAYS ARMENIA MUST RESPOND ADEQUATELY
TO BAKU'S PLANS TO BOOST ITS MILITARY SPENDING
YEREVAN, APRIL 7, ARMENPRESS: A senior member of
Armenian parliament slammed today Azerbaijani leaders
for continued war rhetoric and their plans to double
the country's military spending to $600 million.
Mher Shahgeldian from Orinats Yerkir party of
parliament chairman Arthur Baghdasarian, who is
chairman of a parliament committee on defense and
security issues, told a news conference that Armenia
should likewise take appropriate action to boost its
military. He said Azerbaijan's military activity was a
gross violation of Conventional Forces in Europe
agreement. He said under the agreement all OSCE member
countries have assumed obligations which they cannot
violate. He said Azerbaijan was the first OSCE member
to declare publicly it was going to breach this
agreement.
Shahgeldian urged Armenian diplomats to raise this
problem at international organizations, adding that
neither Armenia nor superpowers want a new war in this
region, which many believe would entail catastrophic
consequences. Shahgeldian commended the latest
intensified efforts of the USA to help resolve the
Karabakh conflict. He also spoke in favor of including
Karabakh authorities in the talks, citing the example
of Serbia and Kosovo, saying it would have a positive
impact on the talks, but speculated it should stem
'from the logic of the negotiation process."
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