Azeri FM: Supply of Russian weapons to Armenia leads to involuntary arms race in the region

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan remained at its previous positions on the issue the transfer of weapons to the Armenian side, said spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elkhan Poluhov, commenting on a statement by the Deputy Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Valery Semerikov that "Russian military equipment is supplied to Belarus and Armenia within CSTO frames".

"The position of the Azerbaijani side has been repeatedly announced, and we, as has been repeated, continue to monitor this type of facts", said E. Polukhov.

"Once again, I want to reiterate that this kind of transfer of Russian weapons to the Armenian side impedes  the negotiation process to settle the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, create obstacles to stability in the region and lead to the forced arms race to maintain a balance of armed forces. Such statements of the CSTO Secretary confirm that the Azerbaijani side has properly assessed and evaluated the situation on the transfer of weapons in a grant or other form to Armenia which is an aggressor", he stressed.

/Day.Az/