RUSSIA PRESENTS ITS NOTE IN RESPONSE TO AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTRY`S OFFICIAL NOTE

Baku, January 22 (AzerTAc). Russian ambassador in Azerbaijan Vasiliy Istratov has
today met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to hand him a Russian
side`s note in response to an official note filed by the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry
on January 15 with regard to the media reports on the handover of 800 million worth
of arms to the Armenian armed forces from the 102nd Russian military base located in
the Armenian city of Gumru.

According to the note, in 2008, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
neither handed over nor sold to the Armenian side the arms and ammunition in a
composition and quantity, which became a subject of a document published January 8,
2009, on the “mediaforum” website and spurred a broad negative public response in
the Republic of Azerbaijan, including in its mass media.
Russian Federation and Azerbaijan Republic will settle all possible doubts together
on the basis of strategic partnership relations between both nations, the note said.

Russian side expressed its hope that Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry will inform the
public and media outlets on the Russia`s stance on the issue.