Richard Giragosian comments on possible sale of Russian S-300 anti-missile complexes to Azerbaijan.
“This is a wrong message of Baku”, said director of the Armenian center of strategic and national studies, Richard Giragosian commenting on possible sale of Russian anti-missile S-300 complexes to Azerbaijan.
He said considering the recently voiced bellicose statements of Baku, the sale of S-300 may encourage Azerbaijan.
The Department of the News Service and Information of the Russian Defense Ministry speaking to Radio Liberty has not refuted or confirmed information about the planned sale of S-300 complexes to Azerbaijan.
“In the result of S-300 complexes sale Azerbaijan’s confidence about its strength is becoming more dangerous and in case of existence of defense complexes the tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh will grow. But this is the most serious and possibly the last sign of growing tensions in the region and the war becomes likely not only in Karabakh but also in Iran”, Giragosian said.
According to Giragosian, in purely military sense the sale of S-300 complexes to Azerbaijan cannot violate the military balance between Armenia and Azerbaijan since S-300 is a purely defensive type of arms but as Russia is a strategic ally of Armenia, Armenia should ponder over this.
“This creates a strategic concern for Armenia since this is a part of Moscow’s intention to deepen ties with Azerbaijan. This is really too dangerous for Armenia because every time Russia gives something to Azerbaijan, Armenia must also get something from Russia to maintain the balance. However. Yerevan has not yet received anything”, said the expert.
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