Security Council Secretary: Sale of arms to Azerbaijan does not  correspond to level of Armenian- Belarusian cooperation

ArmInfo.Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan assured that the Defense Forces fully control the enemy's activity on the front line, taking  preventive measures to prevent possible large-scale military actions.

For example, on Radio Liberty, Grigoryan informed that the Armenian  delegation led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during his visit to  Artsakh last week got acquainted with the situation on the front  line:  "The head of the Defense Ministry of Artsakh, during the  meeting, presented the current situation on the front line, the  situation is not much different from the one before. Azerbaijan  continues to be active in the front line, followed closely by the  Defense Army, in order not to allow such developments that could lead  to large scale action. In general, the intensity remains the same as  it was, however, increased in comparison with previous times, we have  a concern. But overall, the Artsakh Defense Army controls the  situation and is ready to perform any task set."

Touching upon the sale of Minsk arms to Baku, Grigoryan stressed that  the sale of weapons to Azerbaijan does not correspond to the level of  cooperation between Armenia and Belarus. "Armenia-Belarus relations  are at different levels, relations between Armenia and Belarus are  not on bilateral, but at the level of cooperation, I mean the  availability of interaction at various venues - the CIS, CSTO, and  from this point of view our relations are at a high level, and the  sale of weapons does not correspond to the level of our cooperation.  We have already expressed our concern about this, we must understand  that the problems are not solved immediately. This problem has  existed for a long time and once sounded it, we can not find a  solution." In this context, the Secretary of the Security Council  recalled that the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry  indicated that this issue is being discussed at the multilateral  level with the Belarusian side, and the answers that the Armenian  side receives are not satisfactory. Grigoryan is convinced that it is  necessary to continue work in this direction to find a solution.

A week earlier it became known about the deliveries of Belarusian  MLRS "Polonez" to Azerbaijan.  Azerbaijani media reported that they  were presented to the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev during the  opening of a military unit.

Touching upon the possibility of withdrawing from the EAEU and the  CSTO due to the sale of arms to Azerbaijan by Russia, the Secretary  of the Security Council stressed that one should not withdraw from  international structures but try to improve their work.