Bolton in Baku, on Russians selling arms to both Armenia and Azerbaijan: "Americans believe in competition as the driving force of improvement. In any case, American weapons are better than Russian." haqqin.az/news/138527 #helpful
Bolton in the original English: "If it’s a question of buying Russian military equipment versus buying U.S. military equipment, we’d prefer the latter ... We think our equipment is better than the Russians’ anyway."
Really interesting interview of Bolton by @RFERL's Armenian service. rferl.org/a/u-s-national… | Says Trump administration is "going to enforce these sanctions [against Iran] very vigorously" and that the Armenian-Iranian border is "going to be a significant issue."
@RFERL Bolton recommends that if Armenia wants to not rely on outlet to Iran, it should make peace with Azerbaijan so that border, and the Turkish one, open up. "We are going to squeeze Iran ... their behavior in the Middle East and, really globally, is malign and needs to be changed."
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