Armenia's report indicating small number of weapons bought from Russia aims to divert attention, Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov said while commenting on a report regarding weapons bought from Russia last year presented by Armenia to the UN armament register.
“Armenia is armed to the teeth with Russian arms — it is no secret. Armenia has allied relations with Russia. Russia and Armenia have a military agreement according to which heavy and light weapons are supplied from Russia to Armenia,” he said.
“The fact that Armenia has released a small number of weapons obtained from Russia indicates that it is trying to divert attention from huge military aid rendered by Russian military circles. In fact, Armenian army gets modern weaponry from nowhere but Russia,” he said.
“This is designed to divert attention from the information that was published in the media that Russia supplied weapons to Armenia worth $ 800 million,” Sadigov said.
“Armenian has resorted to such maneuvers for long time. By resorting to such ways, they are trying to attract attention and create an image of the country which is in a very complex and difficult situation, and therefore forced to make concessions to Azerbaijan,” he said.
“The Armenian authorities are in a critical situation and the country has semi-panic mood. The opposition urges president and foreign minister to step down. Diaspora and political parties led by Dashnaksutun also put pressure and demand to revise and disclose the arrangements that exist between Armenia and Azerbaijan. I think all this is part of a complex process and the difficult situation Armenia faces,” the expert added.
“In this connection, it is not coincidence that only names of light weapons have been released,” Sadigov said.
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