Armenian Prime Minister says russia has not delivered weapons already paid for
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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Armenia has paid Russia for weapons that have not yet been delivered, and discussions are underway to resolve this issue, including a possible reduction of Armenia's debt to Russia.
Armenian Prime Minister on Friday, November 24, said that russia has not yet delivered the weapons for which his country had already paid, but noted that negotiations on to find solutions to this issue are ongoing. This was reported by UNN with reference to the news agency News of Armenia.
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"Yes, there is such a problem," said Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, answering live video questions from citizens, regarding the fact that Armenia paid significant sums of money to Russia for weapons, but did not receive them, and did not return the money.
The head of the Armenian also said that discussions are underway on mechanisms to resolve this problem.
One of the options [to resolve the issue] may be to reduce the Armenian debt paid to Russia
At the same time, Pashinyan veiledly referred to Russia's aggressive invasion of Ukraine, saying: "we know that Russia itself needs weapons."
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Relations between Russia and Armenia, which are allies and Armenia, which are allies under the CSTO treaty, have deteriorated in recent months. Pashinyan has accused Moscow of not supporting his country in the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. This week, Armenia decided to reject the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a military alliance of which it is a member and which is headed by Russia.
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