Wednesday, 08 June 2005

BAKU RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN ARMS TRANSFER POLITICALLY MOTIVATED - OPINION

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Baku\'s negative response to the transfer of Russian military hardware from Georgia to Armenia has political rather than military motives, head of the Armenian parliamentary defense, national security, and internal affairs commission Mger Shakhgeldian told Interfax on Wednesday. \"The Russian military bases in Armenia are a component of the republic\'s national security,\" he said. \"Armenia is interested in developing a regional security system in the South Caucasus,\" Shakhgeldian said.
Baku\'s negative response to the transfer of Russian military hardware from Georgia to Armenia has political rather than military motives, head of the Armenian parliamentary defense, national security, and internal affairs commission Mger Shakhgeldian told Interfax on Wednesday. \"The Russian military bases in Armenia are a component of the republic\'s national security,\" he said. \"Armenia is interested in developing a regional security system in the South Caucasus,\" Shakhgeldian said. \"The international community has taken quite a positive view of the idea to set up a regional security system in the South Caucasus in the future, and we believe it is possible and necessary to build such a structure in the future,\" he said. (Interfax)
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