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Azerbaijan expects more concrete explanation from Russia concerning reports on Armenian arms deal

19 January 2009 09:51 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Lachin Sultanovaâ€“APA. Azerbaijanâ€™s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects more concrete answer for its repeated questions about reports on transferring of 8 million dollars worth of arms from Russian military base in Gumru (Armenia) to the Armenian armed forces, first secretary of the ministryâ€™s press service told APA.
Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasiliy Istratov delivered his countryâ€™s respond to Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov, but Azerbaijan considered it not satisfactory and demanded more concrete explanation.
Then Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov phoned to his Azerbaijani counterpart and said his ministry investigated the issue together with the General Staff. Lavrov said Russia didnâ€™t carry out any transfer of arms and ammunitions from Gumru military to Armenia officially.

Both ministers agreed to continue consultations toward the detailed investigation of this issue.