ArmInfo. The sale of its multiple rocket fire systems "Polonaise" to Azerbaijan exacerbated relations between Minsk and Yerevan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in an interview with Euroradio.
"We have good relations, but I think that we have a great potential and we must implement it." Of course, we have concerns about Belarus selling arms to Azerbaijan, which is a big problem for our relations. "I spoke about this with President Lukashenko And you know that this problem is aggravated by the fact that Armenia and Belarus are military and political partners within the CSTO, all citizens of Armenia are dissatisfied with the fact that Belarus sells weapons to Azerbaijan, "the Armenian Premier said.
Pashinyan also disagreed with the opinion that Armenian officials are trying to persuade Minsk and Lukashenko personally has no more weapons to sell to Azerbaijan. The head of the Armenian government stated that Armenia only explains its position on this issue. "We respect the interests of Belarus and we hope that Belarus respects the interests of Armenia, unfortunately for us, such an activity (the sale of weapons to Azerbaijan by Belarus - Euroradio.) Is unacceptable, and I want to say this straightforwardly," he.
Earlier, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported that Azerbaijan purchased arms from Belarus worth $ 170 million. The media reported that a deal was made between Azerbaijan and Belarus on the purchase of the Polonez rocket launcher. The Azerbaijani side paid an advance for the export of the reactive system.