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    RUSSIAN WEAPONS DEAL WITH AZERBAIJAN NOT BANNED BY CSTO LAWS - MP

    16:35 ~U 30.10.13

    Russia's weapons trade deal with the Azerbaijani government is not
    banned by any law of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
    (CSTO), according to a Russian parliamentarian.

    Speaking to reporters after a closed-door parliament session in
    Yerevan, Head of the CSTO Standing Committee on Defense and Security
    Anatoly Viborny said that the country acts in accordance with the
    letter of the law while performing its obligations in relation to
    third states.

    "We'll take your concerns into account," Viborny promised. "The
    fact that we are conducting this session on the territory of the
    Armenia today demonstrates already that we are really concerned by
    the developments in this region. Russia is doing everything possible
    to prevent threats by any country. All the member-states of the CSTO
    have to act only within the law."

    Speaking of the meeting, the Russian official said that it addressed
    several key issues, focusing particularly on the approximation of
    laws of the member-states.

    Khosrov Harutyunuyan (Republican parliamentary faction), an advisor of
    the CSTO delegation, said for his part that the questions discussed
    during the hearing aimed to make clear to the Russian side that the
    threat facing Armenia is also a problem for the CSTO member states.

    The Armenian MP noted that the CSTO agreement contains no provision
    on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    "The final agreement will cover all the issues of concerns. At the end
    of November, probably, we will have a statement saying that any attempt
    to achieve a military settlement will be considered a challenge to the
    international law and the CSTO," he said, adding that the Armenian side
    had also voiced concerns of the Turkish border blockade at the meeting.

    Armenian News - Tert.am

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