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Russian Defense Ministry not confirming information about delivery of arms to Armenia

13 January 2009 [10:56] - TODAY.AZ
Russian Defense Ministry has refuted announcements of Azerbaijani mass medias that earlier spokesman for Russian Defense Ministry Alexander Petrunin in his interview to Azerbaijani ANS TV channel confirmed the fact of the free delivery of Russian military hardware in the amount of $800,000,000 to Armenia.

An official of the group for interaction with mass media of the department of press service and information of the Defense Ministry of Russia, who did not call his name, said while speaking of the Noviy Region correspondent that Alexander Petrunin did not confirm any data to Azerbaijani mass medias.

Notably, earlier Azerbaijani version was also refuted by spokesman for Armenian Defense Ministry Seyran Shahsuvaryan.

/Noviy Region/
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