Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrovsays he managed to reassure Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev about the withdrawal of the Russian military base from Georgia. “We will convey the part of the military equipment not to Armenia but to the Russian military base dislocated in Gyumri. Thus the balance of forced will remain unchanged”, S. Lavrov noted. In his turn I. Aliyev said that Baku understands that the weapons are not conveyed to Armenia noting that Azerbaijan’s military expenses will increase with $70 million by the end of the year. He also did not rule out that Azerbaijan will purchase military equipment in Russia, Interfax reported.
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