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THOSE, WHO PREPARED THE LIST OF ARMS IMPORTERS, HAVE NOT "NOTICED" AZERBAIJAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 14, 2011 - 18:17 AMT 14:17 GMT
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has published
another data on weapons imports.
India topped the list of arms importers in the period from 2006 to
2010. It is followed by China, South Korea, Pakistan and Greece.
Strangely enough, Azerbaijan, which is the initiator of the armament
drive in South Caucasus, is not among the leaders of arms importers.
However, the paces of arming in Azerbaijan are impressing.
Basically, the countries of Near East, specifically, Turkey and
Israel, are attracted for cooperation with Azerbaijan. There are
also CIS countries - Ukraine and Belarus - among those supplying arms
to Azerbaijan.
Besides, the 2011 state budget of Azerbaijan envisages a growth in
the country's military expenditures to bring them to 2.5bln mantas
($3.1bln) against 1.6bln mantas in 2010. 1.1bln manats will be spent
for weapons modernization.
It is not strange that Azerbaijan prefers not to conceal its arms
import and intention to produce weapons. With this, Azerbaijan tries
to convince its people that they will win in case of a new war in
Karabakh. Meanwhile, Baku again forgets that without a professional
army, which Azerbaijan lacks, all these arms will become a pile of
metal. In this case, the international organization's neutrality
is strange, while they are designed to ensure security in the South
Caucasus.
Is not it high time for these structures to call things by their proper
names instead of spending time for making declarative statements and
peace calls?
Otherwise, there is an impression that the mission of organizations
like OSCE is not prevention of military threats, but liquidation of
consequences of military confrontations which had already taken place.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 14, 2011 - 18:17 AMT 14:17 GMT
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has published
another data on weapons imports.
India topped the list of arms importers in the period from 2006 to
2010. It is followed by China, South Korea, Pakistan and Greece.
Strangely enough, Azerbaijan, which is the initiator of the armament
drive in South Caucasus, is not among the leaders of arms importers.
However, the paces of arming in Azerbaijan are impressing.
Basically, the countries of Near East, specifically, Turkey and
Israel, are attracted for cooperation with Azerbaijan. There are
also CIS countries - Ukraine and Belarus - among those supplying arms
to Azerbaijan.
Besides, the 2011 state budget of Azerbaijan envisages a growth in
the country's military expenditures to bring them to 2.5bln mantas
($3.1bln) against 1.6bln mantas in 2010. 1.1bln manats will be spent
for weapons modernization.
It is not strange that Azerbaijan prefers not to conceal its arms
import and intention to produce weapons. With this, Azerbaijan tries
to convince its people that they will win in case of a new war in
Karabakh. Meanwhile, Baku again forgets that without a professional
army, which Azerbaijan lacks, all these arms will become a pile of
metal. In this case, the international organization's neutrality
is strange, while they are designed to ensure security in the South
Caucasus.
Is not it high time for these structures to call things by their proper
names instead of spending time for making declarative statements and
peace calls?
Otherwise, there is an impression that the mission of organizations
like OSCE is not prevention of military threats, but liquidation of
consequences of military confrontations which had already taken place.
From: A. Papazian