Official Washington has responded to Azerbaijan's president's accusations of arming Armenia, telling Azat that US security assistance to both Armenia and Azerbaijan is aimed at strengthening cooperation with US and NATO forces to improve the professionalism of the military, as well as with Iran. strengthening the border of the two countries.
In his last interview with the Russian state TV channels, Ilham Aliyev claimed that France is the leader in supplying arms to Armenia, India is second, and the USA is third.
"France and India do not hide that they supply deadly weapons to Armenia, the USA does not admit it, but we watched the [American] military cargo planes that landed at Armenian airports and took ammunition," Aliyev said.
Neither Yerevan nor Washington has ever announced the supply of ammunition. What ammunition is Aliyev talking about, and is his claim true? The spokesperson of the State Department did not directly answer this question of "Freedom", but only noted. - "The United States calculates its security support to Armenia and Azerbaijan in such a way as to ensure that it is not used for offensive purposes and does not undermine or hinder the ongoing efforts to negotiate a stable and dignified peace."
Matthew Miller also emphasized that the United States supports continued contacts between Armenia and Azerbaijan to work towards a peaceful settlement of the conflict.
