Mehti Mehtiyev: "Supplies of Russian military hardware to Armenia really took place"

He noted that Russia is currently not ready to disavow this information, basing on the standard Russian "perhaps" and hoping that this information will not be revealed.

"The information came out that Russia, which is one of the OSCE MG co-chairs, had to search ways to justify itself. It did not cope with the task well. First of all, the response took 9 days. Second, the very form of the response, filled with ultimatum lexicology and such common phrases as "Russian side considers that the issue, raised in the mentioned note of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan is exhausted" and "the said publication is a disinformation of anti-Russian nature", does not prove the sincerity of Russia's position and creates an opinion that we are facing the attempt to hide the reason.

And the current statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry is an obliged step aimed to help this country preserve its image. In this connection, it should be reminded that in 1996 Russia also supplied Armenia with arms in the amount of over $1 bln and at that time official Moscow also rebutted this information", said Mehtiyev.

In other words, according to the military expert, every time Russia sees that Azerbaijan allocates funds for strengthening its army, it also supplies Armenia with arms free of charge.

"But I am confident that even if there were such supplies from Russian side, Armenia will not be able to reach the level of armed preparedness of the Azerbaijani army", concluded Mehtiyev.

/Day.Az/