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We will bring up Russia's hand-over of ammo to Armenia for discussions in OSCE PA session: MP

Politics Materials 13 January 2009 16:32 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 13/ Trend , K. Zarbaliyeva/

Azerbaijani members of parliament will bring up Nagorno-Karabakh during discussions at the winter session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Vienna.

"The Azerbaijani delegation will bring up Russia's ammunition sales to Armenia at the session," member of the Azerbaijani delegation to the OSCE Rabiyyat Aslanova told Trend .

The winter session will be held on Feb. 19.

According to mass media reports, Russia sold the following ammo to Armenia: 21 units of T-22 tanks; 27 units of BMP-2; 12 units of APC 70/80; 5 BREM-2 war vehicles produced on basis of 5 BMP-1; four units of ZSU- 23-4 Shilka rockets; various Strela rockets; 875 boxes of F-1 and RQD grenades; 1,050 boxes of RKQ-3/3 EM grenades; 7,897 various packages of ammo (122 millimeters RS; 152 millimeters 2s3; 122 millimeters D-30); 120 units of QP-25 grenade launchers; 2, 846 units of 5.45-millimeter AK-74 and AKS-74 guns; 1,472 units of 7.62-millimeter AKM and AKMS guns; 103 units of NB-8 night vision equipment; various mines (TM 62 M/P; OZM-72; PMN); 14 units of BM-37 mine launchers; 9 Grads (RSZO 9K51 BM-21); 10 units of Akasia howitzers produced on the basis of the T-55 (SAU 152-millimeter 1S); 14 units of Gvozdika howitzers produced on the basis of the MT-LBU (SAU 122-millimeter 2 S1); 5 units of 100-millimeter Rapira cannons (MT-12r); and 210 units of 3 M9M3 Kub rockets.

Aslanova said although the agenda for the session has not yet been made public, Azerbaijani members of parliament will insist on holding broad discussions about international conflicts.

Armenia occupies 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory - Nagorno-Karabakh and 7 surrounding regions.

The occupation began in 1988.

In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7 regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement.

Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are holding peaceful negotiations.

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