ARMENIA WON’T JOIN REGIONAL ARMS RACE – DEFENSE MINISTER
Interfax, Russia
June 26 2013
Yerevan is concerned about the arming of Azerbaijan, Armenian Defense
Minister Seyran Ohanian said.
“Armenia has to be concerned about the arming of Azerbaijan. Yet the
level of military-technical cooperation between Armenia and Russia is
high. We are doing the utmost to maintain the balance of forces not
only with quantitative but also with qualitative superiority.
Transparency makes every delivery and every breach of balance
controllable, in particular, by the strategic partner, Russia,” he
said at the second forum, “Political and Security Guidelines in the
Formation of the CIS Military Component”, in Yerevan.
“We have close relations with Russia. An important document was signed
yesterday to develop military-technical cooperation. It will allow
defense plants in both countries to sign direct cooperation agreements
and set up new productions,” the minister said.
The Azeri leadership “is trying to start an arms race in the region,”
Ohanian said.
“We will not join this arms race blindly. Quality is important to us,”
the defense minister stated.
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