Yerevan /Mediamax/. Azerbaijan purchases a large amount of arms and military equipment from Russia, Israel and Ukraine while Russia remains Armenia’s only weapon supplier.
Samvel Mkrtchyan, head of Arms Control and International Security Division of Armenian Foreign Ministry Samvel Mkrtchyan told journalists about it today, Mediamax reports.
Answering the journalists’ question whether official Yerevan is informed about the volumes and types of the weapon sold by Russia to Azerbaijan beforehand, the Foreign Ministry representative said that the issue “is outside the framework of Armenia-Russia strategic cooperation”.
Touching upon the question by purchasing arms of Russian production Azerbaijan violates the provisions contained in the CFE Treaty, Samvel Mkrtchyan recalled that Russia has suspended its membership to the Treaty since 2007 and is not guided with the restrictions mentioned in it.
“Russia does not have any commitments within the Treaty any more”, said the diplomat.
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