Thread by @robananyan

Today, Sergey Lavrov visited #Russia's faithful ally #Azerbaijan. #Putin really supported #Aliyev in arming the army and winning the war against #Armenia and #NagornoKarabakh.

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1/1 According to the #Stockholm-based International Peace Institute, #CSTO members Russia and Belarus are the first and third countries that supplied offensive weapons to Azerbaijan during the period of 2011-2020.

1/2 In those years, Azerbaijan received 67.2% of its imported weapons from Russia and #Belarus, which are declared allies of Armenia. During the same period, Azerbaijan imported only 2.9% of its ammunition from #Turkey.

1/3 After the 44-day #war against Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020, Azerbaijan and Russia are putting illegal demands on Armenia, using military blackmail, they demanded to provide a #corridor.

1/4 The Russiaan Federation demands from Armenia not to cooperate with the #USA and the #EU in the process of resolving the Nagorno-#Karabakh conflict.

1/5 #Russia and #Azerbaijan are also fighting against Armenia, because the #Armenians dared to invite observers from the #EuropeanUnion, not succumbing to the blackmail of the #Russian-#Azerbaijani tandem.

1/6 #Moscow and #Baku are pressuring Armenia not to invite the #West to the #SouthCaucasus, but the train has left a long time ago.

Today, Azerbaijan supports Russia to circumvent the sanctions imposed by the USA and the EU.

1/7 Azerbaijan has increased the supply of gas from Russia, which it resells to #Europe. In other words, Azerbaijan enriches #Putin by illegally selling his gas, and that money is used to arm the #Russian army and continue the criminal war against #Ukraine.

1/8 Russia and Azerbaijan are such loyal allies, two #dictatorial states that criminally invaded the territories of their neighbors: Russia invaded the territories of Ukraine, Azerbaijan occupied the territories of Armenia.

1/9 Let's wait and see what anti-Armenian statements Lavrov will make in Baku to protect his ally Azerbaijan.

1/10 In July 2022, the intelligence services of #Russia and #Azerbaijan signed an agreement according to which they will cooperate to protect the territorial integrity of both countries.

1/11 In other words, #Russia's #intelligence agencies can provide Azerbaijan with the information they have about Armenia and #NagornoKarabakh. This once again proves that Russia and #Azerbaijan are working together against #Armenia.

1/12 #Armenia should get rid of #Russian security influence and develop deep cooperation with the #USA and the #EU.

1/13 Another proof that #Russia and #Azerbaijan are cooperating against #Armenia. In 2021 and 2022, dictator Ilham #Aliyev launched 5 major attacks on the sovereign territories of Armenia.

1/14 #Yerevan twice officially appealed to the #RussianFederation and the #CSTO to provide military support to stop Azerbaijan's attack, but was refused. The last time Russia and the CSTO refused to support Armenia was during the Azerbaijani attack on September 13, 2022.

1/15 After which #Yerevan was forced to deploy #EU observers on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border with the support of #France.

1/16 After the attack by Azerbaijan on September 13, 2022 and the closure of the #LachinCorridor in December, Armenia appealed to the #UN Security Council twice. Western countries USA, France, #GreatBritain supported Armenia.

1/17 ...and demanded from Azerbaijan to remove the troops from the territory of Armenia, to open the Lachin Corridor. At the UN, Russia defended Azerbaijan, noting that the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is not delimited, that is why the Azerbaijani army moved to Armenia.

1/18 And on the issue of closing the Lachin Corridor, Russia vetoed the adoption of a statement against Azerbaijan. USA, France and Great Britain supported the adoption of the statement criticizing #Baku.