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RUMOURS DISMISSED OF RUSSIAN SALE OF S-400S TO ARMENIA
news.az
Aug 13 2010
Azerbaijan
A Russian analyst has dismissed reports in the Armenian media that
Moscow is going to supply S-400 air defence systems to Yerevan.
Armenia is hardly going to get S-400 air defence systems from Russia,
as Russia doesn't have any itself, Anatoliy Tsiganok, head of Russia's
Institute for Political and Military Analysis, told News.am.
Tsiganok also cast doubt on Russia's reported plans to sell S-300
anti-aircraft missile systems to Azerbaijan: "I do not think that
the rumours are true, as Russia is not interested in the escalation
of the situation in the region."
"You shouldn't think that Moscow will supply better arms to
Azerbaijan than to Armenia. Don't forget that Armenia is Russia's
strategic partner. There are a number of agreements signed between
the two countries and if a third country attacks Armenia, Russia will
definitely provide military assistance," Tsiganok said. He added that
the extension of the term for the Russian military base in Armenia
should be viewed in this light.
Moscow business daily Vedomosti reported on 29 July that Russian state
arms exporter Rosoboronexport had signed an agreement last year with
the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry on the supply of two S-300 PMU-2
Favorit (SA-20b Gargoyle b) divisions.
After initially declining to comment on the report, Rosoboronexport
spokesman Vyacheslav Davidenko said on 30 July that no agreement
had been reached on the sale of the S-300s. However, on 2 August
unnamed sources in the Russian Defence Ministry said that the Russian
government had decided in principle in favour of the sale, but the
deal had yet to be finalized.
From: A. Papazian
news.az
Aug 13 2010
Azerbaijan
A Russian analyst has dismissed reports in the Armenian media that
Moscow is going to supply S-400 air defence systems to Yerevan.
Armenia is hardly going to get S-400 air defence systems from Russia,
as Russia doesn't have any itself, Anatoliy Tsiganok, head of Russia's
Institute for Political and Military Analysis, told News.am.
Tsiganok also cast doubt on Russia's reported plans to sell S-300
anti-aircraft missile systems to Azerbaijan: "I do not think that
the rumours are true, as Russia is not interested in the escalation
of the situation in the region."
"You shouldn't think that Moscow will supply better arms to
Azerbaijan than to Armenia. Don't forget that Armenia is Russia's
strategic partner. There are a number of agreements signed between
the two countries and if a third country attacks Armenia, Russia will
definitely provide military assistance," Tsiganok said. He added that
the extension of the term for the Russian military base in Armenia
should be viewed in this light.
Moscow business daily Vedomosti reported on 29 July that Russian state
arms exporter Rosoboronexport had signed an agreement last year with
the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry on the supply of two S-300 PMU-2
Favorit (SA-20b Gargoyle b) divisions.
After initially declining to comment on the report, Rosoboronexport
spokesman Vyacheslav Davidenko said on 30 July that no agreement
had been reached on the sale of the S-300s. However, on 2 August
unnamed sources in the Russian Defence Ministry said that the Russian
government had decided in principle in favour of the sale, but the
deal had yet to be finalized.
From: A. Papazian