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MPS URGE DEBATE ON CONTROVERSIAL ARMS TRANSFER
AzerNews Weekly
Jan 28 2009
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani lawmakers have called for discussing the recent Russian
arms transfer to arch-foe Armenia at the upcoming spring session
of parliament.
An appeal to Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov signed by 14 MPs says that
such actions by Russia, which co-chairs the OSCE Minsk Group brokering
a settlement to the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict, questions the
group`s mediating efforts and blatantly contradicts international law.
The lawmakers also suggested sending an appeal to the State Duma
(Russia`s lower house of parliament) over this.
On January 8, Azerbaijani media published reports listing 69 types of
ammunition and weaponry handed over to the Armenian Defense Ministry
from Russia`s military base in Gumri, Armenia, in 2008.
The handover, worth an estimated $800 million, had been reportedly
approved by a senior Russian military official. Azerbaijan expressed
deep concern over Moscow`s move, and the Russian ambassador in Baku,
Vasiliy Istratov, was called to Azerbaijan`s Foreign Ministry. Moscow
moved quickly to dismiss the reports, terming as misinformation the
document listing the alleged weaponry handover, but the statement
failed to appease Baku.
AzerNews Weekly
Jan 28 2009
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani lawmakers have called for discussing the recent Russian
arms transfer to arch-foe Armenia at the upcoming spring session
of parliament.
An appeal to Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov signed by 14 MPs says that
such actions by Russia, which co-chairs the OSCE Minsk Group brokering
a settlement to the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict, questions the
group`s mediating efforts and blatantly contradicts international law.
The lawmakers also suggested sending an appeal to the State Duma
(Russia`s lower house of parliament) over this.
On January 8, Azerbaijani media published reports listing 69 types of
ammunition and weaponry handed over to the Armenian Defense Ministry
from Russia`s military base in Gumri, Armenia, in 2008.
The handover, worth an estimated $800 million, had been reportedly
approved by a senior Russian military official. Azerbaijan expressed
deep concern over Moscow`s move, and the Russian ambassador in Baku,
Vasiliy Istratov, was called to Azerbaijan`s Foreign Ministry. Moscow
moved quickly to dismiss the reports, terming as misinformation the
document listing the alleged weaponry handover, but the statement
failed to appease Baku.