Azerbaijan Conveys Concerns To India's Ambassador Over Country's Expanding Military Co-Op With Armenia
Date
7/26/2023 9:30:05 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 26. Assistant
to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign
Policy Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev
met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to
Azerbaijan Sridharan Madhusudhanan, trend reports.
Hajiyev noted that the Azerbaijan is concerned about
the expanding of military cooperation between Armenia and India and
the spread of photos and videos in the media about the
transportation of Indian-made weapons systems to Armenia through
Iran in recent days.
He pointed out that the supply of weapons from India
to Armenia is happening when Azerbaijan is negotiating with this
country on a peace treaty. This opens the way to the militarization
of Armenia and aggravation of the situation, as well as hinders the
establishment of lasting peace and security in the South Caucasus
region.
It is also incompatible with India's foreign policy
based on the norms and principles of international law, as well as
with the historical "Bandung principles" of the Non-Aligned
Movement, in which India is also represented, Hajiyev said.
Azerbaijan's top official called on the Indian
ambassador to bring to the attention of Delhi the serious concern
of the Azerbaijani side and once again consider India's decision to
supply weapons to Armenia.
Madhusudhan said that the issue raised by the
Azerbaijani side will be conveyed accordingly, and noted the
importance of holding a dialogue between the two countries to
discuss problematic issues in bilateral relations.
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