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    Azerbaijan asks Russia to clarify arms redeployment to Armenia - minister

    Trend news agency
    3 Jun 05

    Baku, 3 June: Baku has asked the Russian side to provide comprehensible
    information about the redeployment of military equipment from the
    Russian bases in Georgia on the territory of Armenia, Trend has
    quoted Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov as telling
    journalists today.

    Mammadyarov said he had asked the charge d'affaires of the Russian
    Federation in Azerbaijan, Petr Burdykin, to provide more information
    about what the redeployment might result in.

    "Let's wait and see. Talks between Russia and Georgia to that effect
    are still under way," the minister said.

    He said he himself had found out about the stationing of a part of this
    equipment on the territory of the Russian base in Armenia only from the
    press, and added that there is no official information about that yet.

    "Official representatives of Russia are to give us an official
    response," Mammadyarov said.

    Mammadyarov went on to say that by relocating a part of its military
    equipment from Georgia to its military base in Armenia, Russia does
    not violate the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty.

    "This is not a violation of the treaty because the arms are stationed
    on the territory of a Russian base, not transferred to Armenia. We look
    at this issue differently: the redeployment of arms is a wrong step
    because there is a conflict in the region, and we need demilitarization
    more than militarization," Mammadyarov said.

    He went on to say that he had discussed the issue with Georgian
    counterpart Salome Zourabichvili and she informed the Russian side
    about Azerbaijan's concern.

    "We have to wait and see what an agreement will be signed, and
    this depends not only on Azerbaijan or Russia, but also on the
    Russian-Georgian talks," the minister said.
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