Ilham Aliyev "knows seven songs", and all of them about Armenia

ArmInfo.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev knows "seven songs and all of them about Armenia. It is  in this way that a well-known Russian proverb can be rephrased, against the background of today's attacks made by Aliyev against Armenia regarding the purchase of weapons.

Thus, the all-time leader of Azerbaijan this time did not come up  with anything better than to accuse Armenia of militarization.

"The purchase of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons by  Armenia creates new threats for the region. Today, revanchist forces  are raising their heads in Armenia, territorial claims against  Azerbaijan continue. He noted that the rapid arming of Armenia  creates new dangers," he said, accepting the credentials of the new  Indian ambassador in Baku.

"If Armenia really wants peace with Azerbaijan, then why is it buying  weapons worth hundreds of millions of dollars?" he asked, adding that  "such a policy will lead to new threats to the region."

And everything would be fine if Azerbaijan itself at that time did  not actively purchase weapons and not for millions, but for billions  of dollars.

It should be noted that according to official data, Azerbaijan's  defense and national security spending for 2023 is provided for in  the amount of 5.32 billion manats ($3.1 billion). This is 235.3  million manats ($138 million), or 4.6% more than in 2022.

Moreover, at the beginning of this year, some Israeli media reported  that Israel alone sold billions of dollars worth of arms to  Azerbaijan.  Israel has exported a very wide range of weapons to  Azerbaijan - from Tavor assault rifles to the most sophisticated  systems, such as radars, air defense systems, anti-tank missiles,  ballistic missiles, ships and a wide range of drones, both for  reconnaissance and attack. Israeli companies have also provided  advanced spying technology, such as Verint's communications  monitoring systems and NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, tools that have  been used against journalists, the LGBT community and human rights  activists in Azerbaijan. And in addition to this, the weapons bought  from Turkey, Russia and other countries. Meanwhile, the Armenian  authorities intend to spend 517 billion drams ($1.3 billion) on the  defense sector in 2023.

Therefore, when reading a message that Aliyev is outraged that  Armenia will buy a batch of weapons worth 20 billion rupees ($244.7  million) from India, it makes you smile involuntarily and remember  the well-known saying proverb: "I see a speck in another's eye, but I  don't see the log in mine".