SEYRAN OHANYAN ABOUT ARMS RACE: "THE SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL"
Mediamax, Armenia
June 26 2013
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan
stated that Armenia and Russia signed "a very important document on
military-technical cooperation".Seyran Ohanyan said this within the
second strategic political forum on political and security guidelines
of formation of CSTO military component started today in Yerevan,
Mediamax reports.On June 25, Seyran Ohanyan and Secretary of Russian
National Security Council Nikolay Patrushev signed an agreement on
developing military-technical cooperation. According to the Minister,
the signed document will bring Armenian-Russian military-technical
cooperation to a new level. "The agreement will allow our domestic
military enterprises to directly conclude agreements with Russian
partners", noted the Defense Minister. Commenting on the information
on Russia's selling about USD 1mln weapon to Azerbaijan, Seyran Ohanyan
said that "the situation is under control". "We can't be indifferent to
Azerbaijan's purchasing arms. But our military-technical cooperation
with our strategic partner Russia is on a high level which will
allow retaining the balance in the region not only by quantitative
or qualitative advantage", said Seyran Ohanyan. -
Mediamax, Armenia
June 26 2013
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan
stated that Armenia and Russia signed "a very important document on
military-technical cooperation".Seyran Ohanyan said this within the
second strategic political forum on political and security guidelines
of formation of CSTO military component started today in Yerevan,
Mediamax reports.On June 25, Seyran Ohanyan and Secretary of Russian
National Security Council Nikolay Patrushev signed an agreement on
developing military-technical cooperation. According to the Minister,
the signed document will bring Armenian-Russian military-technical
cooperation to a new level. "The agreement will allow our domestic
military enterprises to directly conclude agreements with Russian
partners", noted the Defense Minister. Commenting on the information
on Russia's selling about USD 1mln weapon to Azerbaijan, Seyran Ohanyan
said that "the situation is under control". "We can't be indifferent to
Azerbaijan's purchasing arms. But our military-technical cooperation
with our strategic partner Russia is on a high level which will
allow retaining the balance in the region not only by quantitative
or qualitative advantage", said Seyran Ohanyan. -