BAKU: Azerbaijan To Send A Note To Albania For Illegally Selling Of

AZERBAIJAN TO SEND A NOTE TO ALBANIA FOR ILLEGALLY SELLING OF WEAPONS TO ARMENIA, ELMAR MAMMADYAROV SAYS

Azeri Press Agency
July 27 2007

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry will send a note to Albania for illegally
selling weapons to Armenia, APA reports quoting Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov as briefing journalists. According to the UN resolution,
no country might sell weapons to the countries at war.

Turkish authorities have refused transit to a sizeable consignment
of Albanian weapons and ammunition bound for Armenia. They forced
the Albanian ship to sail back with its cargo.

Director of MEIKO Company engaged in trade of Pinari weapons, stated
that Albania is not interfering in the conflict between Armenia and
Azerbaijan. The Albanian Defense Ministry had appointed the MEIKO
Company to fill the Armenian order, since it had some experience in
this business selling Pinari armament. The Armenian side would pay
for the consignment of armament.