Monitoring Desk:
As India is caught while delivering military weapons to Armenia via Iran, the Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev met with the Ambassador of India to the country Sridharan Madhusudhanan on Wednesday to get the explanation for this Indian move that would surely endanger the region.
According to the state-run News Agency, Azertac, during the meeting, Hikmat Hajiyev said that the Azerbaijani side is concerned about deepening military cooperation between Armenia and India and the dissemination of photos and videos in the media about transferring Indian-made weapon systems to Armenia through Iran in recent days.
The Presidential Administration official noted that India’s delivery of lethal weapons to Armenia amid ongoing negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia on a peace agreement leads to the militarization of Armenia and aggravation of the situation, and poses obstacles to the establishment of sustainable peace and security in the South Caucasus region. It is incompatible both with India’s self-proclaimed foreign policy based on the norms and principles of international law as well as the historical “Bandung Principles” of the Non-Aligned Movement that India is party to.
Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmat Hajiyev called on the Indian ambassador to bring the serious concerns of the Azerbaijani side to the attention of official Delhi and to reconsider India’s decision regarding the delivery of lethal weapons to Armenia.
The Indian ambassador said that the question raised by the Azerbaijani side will be communicated accordingly and noted the significance of conducting a dialogue between the two countries to discuss issues of concern in bilateral relations. Hikmat Hajiyev mentioned that Azerbaijan is always open to a dialogue with India.
