Friday, November 16 2018 17:03

ArmInfo.Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan assures that Armenia has not received offers from the United States to purchase American weapons.

So, in an interview with TASS, Mnatsakanyan, referring to the  statement by the adviser to the US president on national security  issues, John Bolton, about the possibility of Armenia acquiring  American weapons, in particular, "Armenia has not received any offer.  In addition, our country is in a very sensitive region where there is  conflict, and the achievement of peace and stability, as well as an  atmosphere conducive to the establishment of peace, are very  important issues for us. The arms race in such conditions is  extremely dangerous phenomenon. And when we express to our partners  dissatisfaction with the sale of weapons to Azerbaijan, we emphasize  that we cannot treat this fact as a business deal, but as a weapon  that specifically takes the lives of our compatriots, our soldiers,  and the civilian population. So the arms race in our region in such  conditions is very dangerous".

At the same time, Mnatsakanyan stressed that the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict primarily concerns people, it's about the physical security  of 150 thousand people, and Armenia has done and will do everything  possible to ensure their existential security.

At the same time, the Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia expressed  his conviction that no one can question the combat capability and  determination of the Armenian side to act as a guarantor of the  security of these people. "At the same time, I once again emphasize  Armenia's commitment to an exclusively peaceful settlement of the  conflict", he concluded.

To note, during the visit to Yerevan, Trump's adviser on national  security, referring to the possible sale of American weapons to  Azerbaijan, in particular, said: "I cannot predict what the decision  will be on increasing the sale of weapons. But the situation is that  Armenia's most of its weapons are purchased from Russia, Azerbaijan  also purchases more than 80% from the Russian Federation. This  circumstance certainly does not contribute to the settlement of the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This fact provides a serious tool to  influence the parties and does not lead to peace. We, the Americans,  believe that competitiveness is the driving force. "And our weapons  are in any case better than the Russian ones. And I believe that we  should study this issue within the framework of our laws. "