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RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS AGREE THAT RUSSIAN ARMS SUPPLY TO AZERBAIJAN CREATES PROBLEMS IN THE REGION
by Ashot Safaryan
Wednesday, October 30, 12:59
Russian parliamentarians agree that delivery of Russian arms to
Azerbaijan creates problems in the region, Armenian parliamentarian
from Heritage Party Faction, Leader of Free Democrats Party Khachatur
Kokobelyan told reporters after today's meeting of the two-day session
of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Committee for Security and Defense
that kicked off in Yerevan on 30 October.
Kokobelyan said he raised the issue of the Russian arms supply
to Azerbaijan at the meeting and said that such arms deals do not
contribute to security and stability in the region.
"Substantially, the CSTO cannot be considered as a serious structure
if the Russian-Azerbaijani arms deal for $4 bln is introduced
just as a 'business project'. Our Russian counterparts agree that
this is a really serious problem that needs thorough discussion,"
Kokobelyan said. The parliamentarian also called it strange that the
final document to be adopted after the session touched upon external
threats the region has faced, including Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and
other conflicts, without a single word on the Russian-Georgian war,
the Abkhazian, South Ossetian and Nagorno Karabakh issues.
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by Ashot Safaryan
Wednesday, October 30, 12:59
Russian parliamentarians agree that delivery of Russian arms to
Azerbaijan creates problems in the region, Armenian parliamentarian
from Heritage Party Faction, Leader of Free Democrats Party Khachatur
Kokobelyan told reporters after today's meeting of the two-day session
of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Committee for Security and Defense
that kicked off in Yerevan on 30 October.
Kokobelyan said he raised the issue of the Russian arms supply
to Azerbaijan at the meeting and said that such arms deals do not
contribute to security and stability in the region.
"Substantially, the CSTO cannot be considered as a serious structure
if the Russian-Azerbaijani arms deal for $4 bln is introduced
just as a 'business project'. Our Russian counterparts agree that
this is a really serious problem that needs thorough discussion,"
Kokobelyan said. The parliamentarian also called it strange that the
final document to be adopted after the session touched upon external
threats the region has faced, including Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and
other conflicts, without a single word on the Russian-Georgian war,
the Abkhazian, South Ossetian and Nagorno Karabakh issues.
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