YEREVAN: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday that Russia had failed to deliver weapons Yerevan had already paid for and accused Russia`s media of destabilising his country`s political situation.

The remarks highlighted Armenia`s growing rift with its powerful ally after Russian peacekeepers failed to prevent Azerbaijan`s offensive to retake its Armeniancontrolled separatistenclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

`There is a problem related to the delivery of (Russian) weaponry and equipment for which we have already paid, Pashinyan said in televised remarks.

`Discussions are currently underway on the mechanisms to resolve this problem.` `We know that the Russian Federation itself needs weapons,` he said, in an apparent reference to Russia`s war on Ukraine.

He also said there were `certain problems` withrespecting a bilateral agreement `stipulating that no efforts should be made to interfere in internal affairs or destabilise the domestic political situation in the country` by the two countries` broadcast media.

Pashinyan said Yerevan had invited Moscow to hold consultations `so that we can resolve this issue in a friendly and normal atmosphere`.

CSTO `provides nothing` Armenia is part of the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) which obliges Russia to defend Armenia in the event of a foreign invasion.

`The actions of the CSTO do not align with the interests of Armenia, Pashinyan said. He added that Armenians were `questioning why we remain in an organisation that provides nothing and... on the contrary, creates additional problems for our security`.-AFP