Other countries refused to sell weapons to Armenia before 2022, citing possible use beyond recognized borders - Pashinyan
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Until 2022, only one country, Russia, was willing to sell weapons to Armenia, while other countries refused to do so, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in the National Assembly.
According to the Prime Minister, other countries justified their refusal by saying, “We have no guarantee that you will use the weapons sold to you to defend your internationally recognized territory. Moreover, we are convinced that you will use them beyond your internationally recognized territory, and that is unacceptable to us.”
“The path was opened for us after October 6, 2022, when we declared that we recognize the territorial integrity of our country,” Pashinyan added.
On October 6, 2022, at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron and European Council President Charles Michel, a meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev was held in Prague.
As a result, a statement was adopted confirming both sides' commitment to the UN Charter and the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration, through which Armenia and Azerbaijan recognized each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty.