Yerevan proposes checking of arms purchases by Armenia, Azerbaijan
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ArmInfo. If we make a comparative assessment of the military expenditures of Armenia and Azerbaijan both in absolute figures and in proportions, as well as by the types of weapons acquired, it will become obvious who is carrying out mass militarization, Spokesperson for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Ani Badalyan stated, as she commented on the accusations of the press secretary of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry against Yerevan about mass militarization.
She recalled that the top leadership of the Republic of Armenia constantly states that it is not going to accept a security concept based only on the army, and considers the normalization of relations with neighbors and the establishment of peace in the region to be an important part of its security concept. "And the top leadership of Azerbaijan states that their main task is to strengthen military potential. It is worth recalling that Armenia has repeatedly proposed to Azerbaijan, and is proposing now, to create mechanisms for mutual control over arms, but Azerbaijan leaves this proposal unanswered, using increasingly aggressive rhetoric towards the Republic of Armenia. I reaffirm that the Republic of Armenia has no agenda other than defense against possible aggression, that is, there is no offensive agenda. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan threatens the Republic of Armenia almost daily," Badalyan said in an interview with the Armenpress news agency.
Touching upon the accusations that Armenia is allegedly waging a campaign to prevent world leaders from attending the COP-29 summit in Baku in November, the representative of the RA MFA called on her Azerbaijani counterpart to answer the questions raised in her commentary of October 4. "These questions were as follows: is Azerbaijan preparing aggression against the Republic of Armenia, does it refuse to recognize the territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia, does it abandon the peace agenda? The aggressive rhetoric of official Baku, the refusal to offer to sign a Peace Treaty that includes the agreed articles, make many Armenian and international experts come to the conclusion that Azerbaijan intends to use COP-29 to create a smokescreen of legitimacy for escalating the situation in the near future. At the same time, the number of such analyses is growing.
Many analysts are of the opinion that in order to exclude such a prospect, it is necessary to sign the agreed content of the Peace Agreement before COP-29, otherwise the leaders who go to Baku without it may unwittingly become warmongers. Armenia, for its part, states that it is ready for the logic of signing the Peace Agreement before COP-29. I would like to emphasize that the Republic of Armenia supported the decision to hold COP-29 in Baku as a tool for establishing trust between the parties and peace in the region, and we would not like this to be used for the opposite purpose," Badalyan concluded.
She recalled that the top leadership of the Republic of Armenia constantly states that it is not going to accept a security concept based only on the army, and considers the normalization of relations with neighbors and the establishment of peace in the region to be an important part of its security concept. "And the top leadership of Azerbaijan states that their main task is to strengthen military potential. It is worth recalling that Armenia has repeatedly proposed to Azerbaijan, and is proposing now, to create mechanisms for mutual control over arms, but Azerbaijan leaves this proposal unanswered, using increasingly aggressive rhetoric towards the Republic of Armenia. I reaffirm that the Republic of Armenia has no agenda other than defense against possible aggression, that is, there is no offensive agenda. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan threatens the Republic of Armenia almost daily," Badalyan said in an interview with the Armenpress news agency.
Touching upon the accusations that Armenia is allegedly waging a campaign to prevent world leaders from attending the COP-29 summit in Baku in November, the representative of the RA MFA called on her Azerbaijani counterpart to answer the questions raised in her commentary of October 4. "These questions were as follows: is Azerbaijan preparing aggression against the Republic of Armenia, does it refuse to recognize the territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia, does it abandon the peace agenda? The aggressive rhetoric of official Baku, the refusal to offer to sign a Peace Treaty that includes the agreed articles, make many Armenian and international experts come to the conclusion that Azerbaijan intends to use COP-29 to create a smokescreen of legitimacy for escalating the situation in the near future. At the same time, the number of such analyses is growing.
Many analysts are of the opinion that in order to exclude such a prospect, it is necessary to sign the agreed content of the Peace Agreement before COP-29, otherwise the leaders who go to Baku without it may unwittingly become warmongers. Armenia, for its part, states that it is ready for the logic of signing the Peace Agreement before COP-29. I would like to emphasize that the Republic of Armenia supported the decision to hold COP-29 in Baku as a tool for establishing trust between the parties and peace in the region, and we would not like this to be used for the opposite purpose," Badalyan concluded.