Acquisition of any weaponry is the fundamental right of Armenia and it will buy from any country possible. Marukyan

Acquiring any weaponry is Armenia's fundamental right, and Yerevan will buy it from the country as much as possible for self-defense, responding to another harsh criticism from Baku, Edmon Marukyan, Armenia's special assignment ambassador, told Azatutyan.

"Naturally, these weapons do not have an aggressive purpose, these weapons have a defensive purpose, and this is the fundamental right of Armenia and it must be realized, it has been realized, it will be realized and it is being realized right now. Therefore, such statements by Azerbaijan are simply surprising," said Marukyan.

Baku continues to complain about the Armenian-French military cooperation. Yesterday, the press secretary of the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Aykhan Hajizade stated that they "strongly condemn" France's sending of military equipment to Armenia.

And while Baku calls on Armenia and France to end the "policy of disarmament and militarization" in the region, claiming that France has wrong interests, Ambassador Marukyan counters: "Azerbaijan is the last country that can decide what interests France has in the region or with its friendly states, therefore talking about the wrong interests of France, that is on the part of Azerbaijan, is just a joke, in fact."

The fact that the French "Bastion" armored vehicles have already been transferred to Armenia through Georgia was reported by the Azerbaijani media, publishing a video lasting several seconds, claiming that it was filmed in the Georgian port of Poti.

Did those armored vehicles reach Armenia and by what route? The members of the Defense Committee of the National Assembly did not want to answer these questions. And the military department of Armenia only conveyed to "Azat" that they cannot disclose any information at the moment, apart from the official messages and announcements regarding the cooperation between Armenia and France in the field of defense.

Yerevan and Paris signed a military cooperation agreement in October, according to which France will supply Yerevan with GM 200 radar stations, short-range Mistral missiles, and will also help study and understand the vulnerable points of Armenia's air defense.