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CSTO CHIEF SAYS RUSSIA TO OFFSET AZERBAIJAN ARMS DEAL TO ARMENIA
http://www.armenianow.com/news/47243/armenia_azerbaijan_arms_race_csto_russia
NEWS | 27.06.13 | 09:29
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Nikolay Bordyuzha
Russia has started to 'compensate' Armenia over its deal with
Azerbaijan on selling up to $1 billion worth of military equipment
to this country that threatens to go to war against Karabakh, said
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General
Nikolay Bordyuzha in Yerevan on Wednesday.
Russia's decision to deliver ammunition to Azerbaijan pursues business
goals, he said during the Yerevan-hosted strategic political forum
entitled 'Political and Security Guidelines in Formation of CSTO
Military Component'.
"This is a market. When we decide to sell weapons to the countries
that are not included in the CSTO we consider the importance of
maintaining equality and equilibrium in the Caucasus," adding that
the Russian military base in the territory of Armenia is regarded as
part of this balance.
Commenting on this statement Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia
Shavarsh Kocharyan agreed that selling arms is a business. Answering an
Aysor.am question, the official said that Armenia "cannot but worry"
about Russia's arms sales to Azerbaijan but added: "There is one
circumstance here. The purchaser of arms becomes somewhat dependent
on the seller as such arms should be regularly replaced."
http://www.armenianow.com/news/47243/armenia_azerbaijan_arms_race_csto_russia
NEWS | 27.06.13 | 09:29
Photolure
Nikolay Bordyuzha
Russia has started to 'compensate' Armenia over its deal with
Azerbaijan on selling up to $1 billion worth of military equipment
to this country that threatens to go to war against Karabakh, said
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General
Nikolay Bordyuzha in Yerevan on Wednesday.
Russia's decision to deliver ammunition to Azerbaijan pursues business
goals, he said during the Yerevan-hosted strategic political forum
entitled 'Political and Security Guidelines in Formation of CSTO
Military Component'.
"This is a market. When we decide to sell weapons to the countries
that are not included in the CSTO we consider the importance of
maintaining equality and equilibrium in the Caucasus," adding that
the Russian military base in the territory of Armenia is regarded as
part of this balance.
Commenting on this statement Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia
Shavarsh Kocharyan agreed that selling arms is a business. Answering an
Aysor.am question, the official said that Armenia "cannot but worry"
about Russia's arms sales to Azerbaijan but added: "There is one
circumstance here. The purchaser of arms becomes somewhat dependent
on the seller as such arms should be regularly replaced."