Sergey Shoygu says media misquoted commander of 102nd Russian military base in Armenia

 ArmInfo/Turan.  Defense Minister of Russia Sergey Shoygu said at the meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Zakir Hasanov in Moscow that media misquoted Commander of the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia, Colonel Andrey Ruzinskiy. Reportedly, Colonel Ruzinsky said the base will intervene if Azerbaijan attempts to get back Nagorno Kartabakh by force.

 
Shoygu assured his Azerbaijani counterpart that it was 'probably a journalistic mistake.' 

Earlier radio "Azadlig" reported that during the meeting of defense ministers of Azerbaijan and Russia in Moscow, Shoygu touched upon the statement by Commander of the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia, Colonel Andrey Ruzinsky at the request of Zakir Hasanov.

In his recent interview with the newspaper "Red Star," commander of the 102nd military base said that if Azerbaijan tries to return Karabakh under its jurisdiction, the 102nd base will intervene in the conflict.