Armenian Defense Ministry confirmed the deployment of Russian border guards in the north-east of the republic
Russian border guards have closed a section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in northeastern Armenia. According to the Armenian Ministry of Defense, the border post is located in the Tavush region of the republic.
Russian military personnel will control a section of the border with Azerbaijan near the village of Voskepar in northeastern Armenia. The necessary infrastructure is currently being built to accommodate Russian border guards. In the Armenian military department, the fact of involving the Russian military in border protection was explained by "Russian-Armenian cooperation."
It should be noted that this is the first border section in the north of Armenia under the control of Russian border guards. Earlier, two strong points of the 102nd Russian base were created in the south of Armenia in the Syunik region, although only one was announced.
In June this year, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that he was discussing with the Russian authorities the issue of deploying Russian border guards on the southern and eastern border with Azerbaijan. Later, the head of the Armenian government proposed to deploy Russian military personnel along the entire length of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
As stated in the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, the situation has recently aggravated on the sections of the border with Azerbaijan in the Syunik and Gegharkunik regions, as well as on the border with the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic. The parties accuse each other of numerous shelling.
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