Turkish authorities have refused transit to a sizeable consignment of Albanian weapons and ammunition bound for Armenia. They forced the Albanian ship to sail back with its cargo.
Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said Turkey forced back the Albanian ship loaded with armament. “One of our naval vessels loaded with containers full of weapons, mainly heavy artillery and ammunition, was berthed at Durres port.
The ship had sailed from Durres to Istanbul,” he underlined adding that problematic relations between Armenia and Turkey resulted in a situation when the ship had to return and the armament was unloaded in Duress port.
MEIKO Company director stated that Albania is not interfering in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Albanian Defense Ministry had appointed the MEIKO Company to fill the Armenian order, since it had some experience in this business selling Pinari armament. The Armenian side would pay for the consignment of armament,” APA reported.
I heard that they are flying the weapens with the new army planes that Albania bought from US.
ReplyDeleteNo, there are rumours that Albania paid some money to Turkey to allow Albanian weapons transit for now and the future, that;s what i read in the turkish news that there was an assignement by both countries.
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