Anar Mamedkhanov: "I hope that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will reveal those responsible for supply of the Russian military hardware in the amount of $800,000,000 to Armenia"

Everything old is new again. This very phrase comes to mind while analyzing the current attempt of the Russian Foreign Ministry to pull over on and to conceal the next blatant fact under angry rhetorics, casting shade on Azerbaijani-Russian relations, discrediting Russia as a country, which co-chairs the OSCE Minsk Group, as a country which can be trusted.

In 1997 when Azerbaijani public was shocked by the news about supply of Russian military hardware of over $1 bln to Armenia, official Moscow also refutted this fact for long.

At that time, by personal instruction of Ilham Aliyev, I left for Moscow for covering this information in Russian mass media, during which I held a number of meetings with representatives of the leading Russia medias, as well as late general Lev Rokhlin, at that moment chairman of the Committee of State Duma on Defense.

In the result of a careful work, it was revealed that the supply of Russian military hardware to Armenia really took place. The reveal of the truth and its open recognition become possible owing to the activity of Vladimir Putin, who at that time was chief of the head of the control department under the President.

Notably, the results of the inspection, held by the head control department, connected with execution of the defense order, became one of the reasons of resignation of Russian Defense Minister Igor Rodionov.

Therefore, currently, when the fact of the next supply of Russian military hardware to Armenia, close to a billion of dollars, was revealed, I would also like to voice hope that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will reveal those who are responsible for the case and will not allow some circles to damage the Azerbaijani-Russian relations which can serve an example of trust and mutual respect.

/Day.Az/