ARMENIA’S REPORT INDICATING SMALL NUMBER OF WEAPONS BOUGHT FROM RUSSIA AIMS TO DIVERT ATTENTION: EXPERT
Today.Az
/54108.html
July 24 2009
Azerbaijan
Armenia’s report indicating small number of weapons bought from Russia
aims to divert attention, Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov
said while commenting on a report regarding weapons bought from Russia
last year presented by Armenia to the UN armament register.
"Armenia is armed to the teeth with Russian arms – it is no
secret. Armenia has allied relations with Russia. Russia and Armenia
have a military agreement according to which heavy and light weapons
are supplied from Russia to Armenia," he said.
"The fact that Armenia has released a small number of weapons obtained
from Russia indicates that it is trying to divert attention from
huge military aid rendered by Russian military circles. In fact,
Armenian army gets modern weaponry from nowhere but Russia," he said.
"This is designed to divert attention from the information that was
published in the media that Russia supplied weapons to Armenia worth $
800 million," Sadigov said.
"Armenian has resorted to such maneuvers for long time. By resorting
to such ways, they are trying to attract attention and create an image
of the country which is in a very complex and difficult situation,
and therefore forced to make concessions to Azerbaijan," he said.
"The Armenian authorities are in a critical situation and the
country has semi-panic mood. The opposition urges president and
foreign minister to step down. Diaspora and political parties led by
Dashnaksutun also put pressure and demand to revise and disclose the
arrangements that exist between Armenia and Azerbaijan. I think all
this is part of a complex process and the difficult situation Armenia
faces," the expert added.
"In this connection, it is not coincidence that only names of light
weapons have been released," Sadigov said.