BELARUS-AZERBAIJAN: WEAPONS IN EXCHANGE FOR OIL?
February 05, 2014 | 11:14
Azerbaijan Defence Minister Zakir Hasanov met with chairman Sergei
Gurulev of the State Military Industrial Committee of Belarus.
They discussed the avenues for expanding cooperation between Azerbaijan
and Belarus in the defense sector, and the two countries' contribution
to regional security, informs the Azerbaijan MOD press service.
Gurulev pointed to the great prospects for cooperation between the
two countries.
Political theorist Roman Yakovlevsky commented on this talk. In
his view, the aforesaid cooperation can be in terms of arms supply,
Charter97.org reports.
"Azerbaijan and Armenia are at war to this day, whereas Belarus has
military commitments to Armenia, within the framework of the CSTO
[i.e., the Collective Security Treaty Organization].
"And when we hear that military-technical cooperation is developing
with one of the warring sides, this raises questions whose answers
are not easy to find.
"The development of military-technical cooperation is full of prospect
in terms of Azerbaijan's solvency and, probably, in an interesting
new product for Azerbaijan," Yakovlevsky stressed, in particular.
http://news.am/eng/news/192674.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
February 05, 2014 | 11:14
Azerbaijan Defence Minister Zakir Hasanov met with chairman Sergei
Gurulev of the State Military Industrial Committee of Belarus.
They discussed the avenues for expanding cooperation between Azerbaijan
and Belarus in the defense sector, and the two countries' contribution
to regional security, informs the Azerbaijan MOD press service.
Gurulev pointed to the great prospects for cooperation between the
two countries.
Political theorist Roman Yakovlevsky commented on this talk. In
his view, the aforesaid cooperation can be in terms of arms supply,
Charter97.org reports.
"Azerbaijan and Armenia are at war to this day, whereas Belarus has
military commitments to Armenia, within the framework of the CSTO
[i.e., the Collective Security Treaty Organization].
"And when we hear that military-technical cooperation is developing
with one of the warring sides, this raises questions whose answers
are not easy to find.
"The development of military-technical cooperation is full of prospect
in terms of Azerbaijan's solvency and, probably, in an interesting
new product for Azerbaijan," Yakovlevsky stressed, in particular.
http://news.am/eng/news/192674.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress