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ARMENIAN REPORT TO UN: AZERBAIJAN HAS SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDED ITS ESTABLISHED CEILINGS IN THREE CATEGORIES OF TREATY-LIMITED EQUIPMENT
http://times.am/?l=en&p=10318
Armenia has released a new report named Conventional arms control at
the regional and subregional levels in the UN. The report is spread
in UN by the UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon. According to the report
Azerbaijan has unleashed a decidedly dangerous race of armaments.
Russian Regnum news agency writes about this.
According to the document the country has significantly exceeded its
established ceilings in three categories of Treaty-limited equipment.
"The Azerbaijani holdings in battle tanks were 381 (permitted ceiling
is 220) and in artillery are 516 (permitted ceiling is 285). In
2011 there was a sizeable increase of holdings in artillery (47)
as well as in the categories of attack helicopters (3 to 5) and
armoured combat vehicles (106). Unfortunately Azerbaijan failed to
reflect the exceeding of its ceiling of armoured combat vehicles -
287 against 220 - permitted by the Treaty.
The manifold increase of Azerbaijan's military budget over the
last years (the defence budget for 2012 is $3.47 billion) and
the persistent aggressive and harsh anti-Armenian rhetoric of the
Azerbaijani leadership also increase the gap between the two nations,
heighten the tension in the region of the South Caucasus and seriously
undermine the negotiation process aimed at the peaceful settlement of
existing problems, particularly the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The
negligent position of Azerbaijan in this regard has a very negative
impact on the efforts of Armenia to promote an atmosphere of trust
and cooperation in the region," the report reads.
http://times.am/?l=en&p=10318
Armenia has released a new report named Conventional arms control at
the regional and subregional levels in the UN. The report is spread
in UN by the UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon. According to the report
Azerbaijan has unleashed a decidedly dangerous race of armaments.
Russian Regnum news agency writes about this.
According to the document the country has significantly exceeded its
established ceilings in three categories of Treaty-limited equipment.
"The Azerbaijani holdings in battle tanks were 381 (permitted ceiling
is 220) and in artillery are 516 (permitted ceiling is 285). In
2011 there was a sizeable increase of holdings in artillery (47)
as well as in the categories of attack helicopters (3 to 5) and
armoured combat vehicles (106). Unfortunately Azerbaijan failed to
reflect the exceeding of its ceiling of armoured combat vehicles -
287 against 220 - permitted by the Treaty.
The manifold increase of Azerbaijan's military budget over the
last years (the defence budget for 2012 is $3.47 billion) and
the persistent aggressive and harsh anti-Armenian rhetoric of the
Azerbaijani leadership also increase the gap between the two nations,
heighten the tension in the region of the South Caucasus and seriously
undermine the negotiation process aimed at the peaceful settlement of
existing problems, particularly the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The
negligent position of Azerbaijan in this regard has a very negative
impact on the efforts of Armenia to promote an atmosphere of trust
and cooperation in the region," the report reads.