Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry: "Armenia has been arming itself, violating the CFE treaty for years"

Azerbaijan has always observed regulations of the CFE Treaty and has never violated them, said spokesman for Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Eldar Sabiroghlu, commenting on the statement of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan that Azerbaijan violates the CFE Treaty regulations, which is not paid due attention by the world society.

He noted that this statement is false.

He said Azerbaijan has never violated the treaty, through by the Treaty philosophy countries may have a weapon and technics on the basis of its specifics. Thus, he said there should be moments, differing Azerbaijan from France, Great Britain and Russia.

"At the same time, the difference between Azerbaijan and Armenia is obvious. Armenia can not be compared with Azerbaijan by its territory, population and length of borders with other states. However, Azerbaijan, not willing to raise tensions, has once ratified the CFE treaty. I was a deputy at that time and we have voted for it in the Azerbaijani parliament", said spokesman for the Defense Ministry.

At the same time, he considers accusations of the Armenian Foreign Minister addressed to Azerbaijan, understandable, as Armenian representatives never say the truth.

"It would be naive to expect the truth from them. The Armenian Foreign Minister, by insuring its state, accuses Azerbaijan of the alleged violation of the CFE treaty on purpose. It is Armenia that has been arming through years thus violating the regulations of the said treaty.

The world knows who helps Armenia arm itself. If I am not mistaken, last year the United Nations included Armenia into the list of the countries, arming themselves in secret. We should speak of this fact. The world society should not be misled by such disinformation", resumed he.

/Day.Az/