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    OPPOSITION MP RAISES QUESTION OF SALE OF WEAPONS TO AZERBAIJAN DURING CSTO MEETING

    October 30, 2013 | 13:23

    YEREVAN. - The opposition Armenian MP demanded that the documents
    provided during the CSTO session should be translated into Armenian.

    Talking to the reporters on the margins of the meeting of CSTO PA
    standing committee on defense and security, Khachatur Kokobelyan said
    he demanded a translator.

    "I do respect Russian language and other languages of the CSTO member
    states, but Armenian is a state language of Armenia," he emphasized.

    Kokobelyan said he was surprised to see that the issue of Abkhazia
    and Ossetia were not included in the agenda.

    During the meeting, the MP offered to include the issue on Russia's
    sales of weapons to Azerbaijan.

    "Under the third paragraph of the Agreement on Friendship and
    Cooperation between Russia and Armenia, signed in 1997, the parties are
    obliged to assist the establishment of peace and reduction of tensions
    in every way possible," he said, recalling that Russia had recently
    sold weapons to Azerbaijan, a deal amounting to more than $4 billion.

    He noted that in this regard it is unclear how Russia is contributing
    to the arms cut. Moreover, in the context of regional tension and on
    the basis of the essence of the CSTO, the member countries should be
    concerned about whether the organization can be taken seriously when
    the sale of weapons was described as a business plan

    Kokobelyan believes the Armenian delegates to CSTO PA must be
    consistent on the issue and must demand political assessment.

    News from Armenia - NEWS.am

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