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    SPOKESMAN FOR AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE MINISTRY UNSUCCESSFULLY REFUTES WIKILEAKS REPORTS

    news.am
    Dec 2 2010
    Armenia

    The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry refuted WikiLeaks's new publications
    on Defense Minister Safar Abiyev's negotiations, Ministry Spokesman
    Eldar Sabiroglu said.

    "I was very surprised after reading the publication. I, as the ministry
    spokesman, have attended many meetings, especially negotiations with
    foreign ambassadors. I remember a meeting with Derse and I did not
    witness such a conversation. The text looks more like a fable and
    creates the impression that it is a provocative, which aims to damage
    relations between the two countries," Sabiroglu told Trend News.

    As NEWS.am reported previously, WikiLeaks published conversation
    between Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev and U.S. official
    revealing issues related to supplies of weapons to Armenia, as well
    as Gabala and Armavir radar stations.

    "Abiyev told the Ambassador about his late-January trip to Moscow
    to discuss Azerbaijan's allegations that Russia had made extensive
    weapons transfers to Armenia throughout 2008. In formal meetings,
    Abiyev said, his Russian counterpart stuck to the talking points and
    denied any involvement.

    However, "after the second bottle of vodka," that evening, he said,
    the Russians opened up and admitted to having transferred weapons
    to Armenia. In an interesting side note, Abiyev quoted Serdyukov as
    saying: "Do you follow the orders of your President?...Well, I follow
    the orders of two Presidents", reads the document.

    The document mentions that on March 14, Safar Abiyev told the
    Ambassador he does not object to exploration of joint U.S.-Russian
    use of the Gabala radar station, but was deliberately vague on whether
    the Russians' lease would be renewed on its expiration in 2012.




    From: A. Papazian
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