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MOLDOVAN DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS NO WEAPONS TO BE SOLD TO ARMENIA
Infotag news agency, Chisinau, Moldova
April 9 2013
Chisinau, 9 April: Moldova does not plan to sell weapons to Armenia
and it has terminated a contract on the supply of the National Army's
assets to it, Moldovan acting Defence Minister Vitalie Marinuta said
on 9 April at a meeting with Azerbaijani ambassador to Moldova Namig
Hasan oglu Aliyev.
Marinuta said that rumours spread by the media were meant to
"deepen the crisis in Moldova and generate tension in relations
between authorities from Chisinau and Baku". He told the envoy that
"according to a decision by the Moldovan government, the sale of assets
of the Moldovan armed forces to Armenia was ceased and that decision
is irrevocable". "Azerbaijan welcomes the Moldovan authorities'
decision on the matter and sees it as a gesture of good will towards
the Azerbaijani people and state," the ambassador said. Another
important topic of the meeting was Azerbaijan's request that Moldova
announce how many Azerbaijan residents died on Moldova's territory
during World War II.
Infotag note: In the autumn of 2011, Moldova sold 5m-dollar-worth
outdated weapons or whose service life was about to expire to
Azerbaijan via middlemen. The arms sold to Armenia included Cobra
control missile systems, Fagot, Concurs, Shturm-S and Metis missiles.
Armenia and Azerbaijani have been conflicting since 1991 for control
over Nagornyy Karabakh.
[Translated from Russian]
From: Baghdasarian
Infotag news agency, Chisinau, Moldova
April 9 2013
Chisinau, 9 April: Moldova does not plan to sell weapons to Armenia
and it has terminated a contract on the supply of the National Army's
assets to it, Moldovan acting Defence Minister Vitalie Marinuta said
on 9 April at a meeting with Azerbaijani ambassador to Moldova Namig
Hasan oglu Aliyev.
Marinuta said that rumours spread by the media were meant to
"deepen the crisis in Moldova and generate tension in relations
between authorities from Chisinau and Baku". He told the envoy that
"according to a decision by the Moldovan government, the sale of assets
of the Moldovan armed forces to Armenia was ceased and that decision
is irrevocable". "Azerbaijan welcomes the Moldovan authorities'
decision on the matter and sees it as a gesture of good will towards
the Azerbaijani people and state," the ambassador said. Another
important topic of the meeting was Azerbaijan's request that Moldova
announce how many Azerbaijan residents died on Moldova's territory
during World War II.
Infotag note: In the autumn of 2011, Moldova sold 5m-dollar-worth
outdated weapons or whose service life was about to expire to
Azerbaijan via middlemen. The arms sold to Armenia included Cobra
control missile systems, Fagot, Concurs, Shturm-S and Metis missiles.
Armenia and Azerbaijani have been conflicting since 1991 for control
over Nagornyy Karabakh.
[Translated from Russian]
From: Baghdasarian