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Three men arrested for trespassing, assault at Sisian military base
Three residents of Sisian were charged under several articles of the Armenian Criminal Code and arrested YEREVAN, July 11. /ARKA/. Three civilians were arrested for trespassing, armed hooliganism, and assault at a military base in Armenia’s Sisian, the country’s Investigative Committee reported on Thursday. On July 7, a group of civilians, disregarding the prohibition and demands of guards at the checkpoint, unlawfully entered an unnamed military base to resolve ...
07/11/2024Armenian serviceman dies during muster
A serviceman died at a military base in southern Armenia YEREVAN, June 25. /ARKA/. A serviceman died at a military base in southern Armenia, the country’s Investigative Committee reported on Tuesday. “The military police in Sisian reported David Nersisyan, a serviceman,...
06/25/2024‘Stop threatening us’: Alen Simonyan responds to Galuzin's allegations
... space with Russia and other CSTO countries "Stop threatening us, stop talking about the CSTO. When they talk about the CSTO, let them say where the CSTO border is and what their obligations are, both to the CSTO partners and to the parties of the Russian-Armenian agreements. Stop (making) such statements concerning our sovereign territory,’ Simonyan said when speaking to reporters. He also said that Armenia is not negotiating with any country, nor is it discussing the deployment of a foreign military base or joining any strategic alliance. He called the allegation that Westerners are given access to any information bases absurd. "Stop talking to us in such rhetoric, stop threatening us - directly or indirectly. [...] This has no effect ...
06/07/2024Zakharova: Russia expects Armenian authorities’ response to information about ‘military ’agreements reached in Brussels
... the process of stabilization and settlement of the situation in the South Caucasus region. Zakharova claimed today that the plans outlined in the document titled "Building Armenia's Defense and Security Resilience", implying replacing the Russian military base and Russian border guards in Armenia with NATO specialists, expansion of subversive work on Armenia's border against Azerbaijan and Iran by the Americans and the EU, and dismantling of the Metsamor nuclear power plant, were imposed on Yerevan ...
04/18/2024Russian Foreign Ministry responds to Armenia-US-EU high-level meeting in Brussels
... turn Armenia into a tool for implementing its extremely dangerous designs in the South Caucasus. We know that Washington and Brussels –under the guise of ephemeral promises – are pushing for Armenia to withdraw from the CSTO and the EAEU and the Russian military base and border guards to pull out from that region,’ the satteemnt alleges. ‘We urge the Yerevan leadership not to let the West deceive it and to lead the country down a false path, which is fraught with the security vacuum, grave economic ...
04/06/2024Moscowargues that its military base in Gyumri is the only guarantee of Armenia's sovereignty
The Russian military base deployed in Armenia’s second-largest city of Gyumri is the only real guarantee of the country’s sovereignty, the Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS, commenting on the report "Deepening EU-Armenia relations: more Europe in Armenia; ...
03/29/2024Lavrov accuses Armenia's leadership of deliberately ruins relations with Russia
... three to three and a half years is deliberately pursuing a course of collapsing relations with the Russian Federation," he said. According to Lavrov, this course of Yerevan is manifested in the denigration of Russian servicemen serving at the 102nd military base in Gyumri, Russian border guards, as well as the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as a whole. The Secretary of the Armenian Security Council Armen Grigoryan stated in early March that Armenia's purchase of military equipment from Russia slashed from ...
03/29/2024Armenia suspends participation in Collective Security Treaty Organization
... especially in 2021-2022, and this can not go unnoticed. We are freezing our participation in this agreement. Let’s see what happens next,” he said. The CSTO includes six states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. As for the Russian military base located in Armenia's Gyumri, the prime minister said its deployment is not part of the CSTO. "In fact, it is the subject of another (Russian-Armenian) treaty. We are not talking about it at the moment," Pashinyan said. Armenian ...
02/23/2024Zakharova says Russia and Armenia remain allies
... Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia have a reliable bilateral legal framework in the field of security and military-technical cooperation, which include the 1997 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, the 1995 treaty On the Russian military base on the territory of Armenia, interstate agreements on the creation of a unified regional air defense system of 2015 and on joint air defense combat duty of 2000,’ Zakharova said. "Both countries have obligations to each other, including ...
02/08/2024There is no question of withdrawal of Russian military base from Armenia – ambassador
... Kopyrkin said. According to him, in addition to that, the countries have a very extensive practical agenda of mutual relations, which concerns key aspects of life of the states and people. Kopyrkin said also there is no question of withdrawal of the Russian military base from Armenia. "I am not aware of such signals. I am guided by the official statements of the Armenian side. There have been no such signals from the Russian side either," the ambassador said. -0-
01/19/2024Lavrov says difficulties in Russia-Armenia relations are temporary
... years "is largely caused by the cooperation with Russia and by Yeveran’s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union [EEU]." "Next year, Armenia will chair the EAEU. We wish our colleagues success," the foreign minister said. The Russian military base is located in Armenia in accordance with a bilateral agreement, so it is harmful to speculate about the expediency of its presence, Lavrov said. "We regard as harmful any speculations on the expediency of the 102nd Russian military ...
12/28/2023New Russian consulate general in Kapan to open in the near future
... Ivanov told kp.ru. The consulate general in Kapan, the administrative center of Syunik region in southern Armenia (bordering Iran and Azerbaijan), will become the second consulate general of the Russian Federation in Armenia after Gyumri, which hosts a Russian military base. The Islamic Republic of Iran has a consulate general in Kapan. France also expressed intention to open a consulate general in the town.--0—
12/25/2023Armenia not considering withdrawal of Russian military base from its territory – Deputy Foreign Ministry
Armenia is not seeking to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Deputy Foreign Minister Mnatsakan Safaryan told reporters on Thursday. He added that Armenia is neither seeking the withdrawal of the Russian military base from its territory. YEREVAN, November 23. /ARKA/. Armenia is not seeking to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Deputy Foreign Minister Mnatsakan Safaryan told reporters on Thursday. He added that Armenia ...
11/23/2023Russia approves agreement on opening consulate general n Armenia's Kapan
... the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in the city of Kapan," the Russian government decision says. The consulate general of the Russian Federation in Kapan will be the second in Armenia. The first one is located in Gyumri, which hosts a Russian military base. Iran also has a consulate general in Kapan and France indicated it would like to have a consulate in Kapan, which is the administrative center of Armenia’s southern province of Syunik, bordering Iran and Azerbaijan.-0-
11/03/2023Foreign Ministry shrugs off allegations that Armenia is aggravating relations with Russia
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's statement regarding the Russian military base in Armenia does not indicate that Armenia is changing relations with Russia or is on the way to changing its foreign policy vector, Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan said today. YEREVAN, October 27. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime ...
10/27/2023Armenia needs to diversify its security system - pro-government MP
... Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Azerbaijan's aggressive actions and the CSTO's inaction has prompted Armenia to diversify its security relations. At the same time, he noted that official Yerevan does not discuss a possible withdrawal of the Russian military base from Armenia and tries to "understand the reasons for such behavior of the Russian Federation and the CSTO." -0-
10/26/2023Pashinyan: Armenia sees no advantage in hosting Russian military bases on its territory
Armenia sees no advantage in hosting Russian military bases on its territory, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on Wednesday. YEREVAN, October 26. /ARKA/. Armenia sees no advantage in hosting Russian military bases on its territory, Armenian ...
10/26/2023Pashinyan: Armenia receives no signals from West to oust Russia from region
... Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West of pressuring Armenia to end Russia’s military presence in the country. Lavrov said they had information that the West was pressuring Armenia to kick the Russians out of the country, remove the Russian military base and border guards too, 'because the Americans will help to ensure Armenia's security.” Pashinyan pointed out that according to Russian-Armenian-Azerbaijani statements, the Lachin corridor (the only road linking Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia) ...
05/22/2023Simonyan: Russia should be more restrained and admit that it cannot ensure Armenia's security
... of the Lachin corridor, the only road linking Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia). Let's be honest, they are the ones who are to ensure our security and territorial integrity as provided for by many treaties," said Alen Simonyan. He said there is the Russian 102nd military base in Armenia, and all the treaties are aimed at solving the security issue. "So, where are they? Why aren't they helping Armenia to restore its territorial integrityt? If they can't, they need to publicly admit it and maybe we can sit ...
02/28/2023Criminal case on death of 15 servicemen initiated against head of engineering service of military base
The head of the engineering service of a military base in Armenia's Gegharkunik province, identified as T. K., has been charged with military negligence resulting in the death of a person amid the ongoing investigation into the January 19 barracks fire that killed 15 servicemen and injured ...
02/17/2023Criminal prosecution initiated against officer who poured gasoline into barracks stove causing fire that killed 15 soldiers
... announced today the launch of criminal prosecution against the captain of a sapper company of a military unit where a fire in the barracks on January 19 killed 15 serviceman and injured three others. Earlier, the chief of fire and rescue services of the military base in Gegharkunik and a deputy commander of the base who was in charge of rear supply and accommodation were arrested and charged with "military malpractice, which by negligence led to the death of servicemen'. According to the preliminary ...
02/01/2023Second military officer detained in connection with military barracks fire
... barracks of a military unit in Gegharkunik province that killed 15 servicemen and seriously injured three others. According to the Office of Prosecutor General, the second officer, identified as Major M.S. is the chief of fire and rescue services of the military base in Gegharkunik. Earlier, the law-enforcers arrested a deputy commander of the military base who was in charge of rear supply and accommodation. Both men are charged with "military malpractice, which by negligence led to the death of ...
01/31/2023Armenian party threatens to blockade Russian military base in Gyumri
If the Berdzor (Lachin) corridor is not opened in the coming days, we will ask our people to block the Russian military base in Gyumri, Vahe Gasparyan from the National Democratic Axis (Bever) party said today. YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. If the Berdzor (Lachin) corridor is not opened in the coming days, we will ask our people to block the Russian military ...
12/28/2022Russian Ambassador: We can help Armenia and Azerbaijan, but final decision is up to them
... in every possible way and on the other hand it is Russia's unique role to play the part of a stabilizing factor on the ground," he said. According to him, the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh the presence on the border and the Russian military base in Armenia play a key role in preventing widespread escalation and breaking all elements of security and normal life in the region. "But this is not a noisy job. This is not a work for the public, not to please someone. This is really ...
12/02/2022Experts warn of dangers of exchange of exclaves and border delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan
... South Caucasus. "The West is trying to make Armenia fix as soon as possible that it has no problems with Azerbaijan and Turkey. If there are no problems with Azerbaijan and Turkey, the need for Russia's direct presence in the region, presence of a Russian military base or peacekeepers in Artsakh is being reduced or nullified," Karapetyan said. Demarcation and delimitation (of borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan) are not important for the West; the most important thing is a peace treaty between ...
09/30/2022Russian Senator says peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh prevent possible genocide of civilians
... threatened, Russian Senator Viktor Bondarev wrote it in his telegram channel. "We cooperate through the CSTO and guarantee assistance in ensuring Armenia's security in cases if there is a threat to its integrity, independence and sovereignty. The Russian military base in Armenian Gyumri is an outpost for protection of the Asian region from external aggression," Bondarev wrote. He recalled that when the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and neighboring disputed territories flared ...
04/21/2022Mikhail Kosobokov appointed new commander of Russian peacekeepers in Artsakh
Armenia’s Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan received on Thursday the newly appointed commander of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Major General Mikhail Kosobokov, and the commander of the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia, Colonel Dmitry Ovcharov, the Armenian Defense Ministry reported. YEREVAN, September 9. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan received on Thursday the newly appointed commander of the Russian peacekeeping forces ...
09/09/2021Armenia is ally and key partner in ensuring security in South Caucasus – Russian minister says
... Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). At the same time, we are ready to continue to assist in the implementation of the program designed to reform the Armed Forces of Armenia," Shoigu was quoted as saying by TASS news agency. He added that the 102nd Russian military base located in Armenia is well equipped and is a guarantor of Armenia’s security. "Armenia is an ally and a key partner of Russia in ensuring security in the South Caucasus, and we are extremely interested in maintaining stability in ...
08/11/2021Armenian military delegation off to Russia for talks on expansion of military base
... to the Russian capital Moscow, the government press office said today. It said the delegation will stay in Moscow from June 26 to July 1 and will discuss with Russian officials a set of issues related to the transfer of land plots and property to the Russian military base in Armenia. Acting Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan is to report on the results of the visit to the office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs within three days after the completion of the trip. At a meeting ...
06/24/2021Russian MP: Azerbaijan can de facto be considered a NATO member
... Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a conversation with journalists upon his return from Azerbaijan, did not rule out that within the framework of the Shushi declaration signed with Baku, the sides may start talks on the creation of a military base of the Turkish Armed Forces on Azerbaijani territory. "This topic can be developed in the course of consultations between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin," Erdogan added. -0-
06/18/2021Armenian defense ministry asks civilians to avoid traveling to border areas in Syunik and Gegharkunik regions
... border saying if Azeris do not withdraw within a reasonable timeframe they are ready to resolve the issue by other means, including by force. The talks between Armenia and Azerbaijani militaries are being mediated by Russian military from the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, as well as by the commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Artsakh. The ministry said later today that the Azerbaijani soldiers who crossed into Gegharkunik region fired several dozen shots, presumably in the air. In ...
05/20/2021Armenian president not involved in process that reportedly resulted in document that calls for creation of border demarcation commission
... border saying if Azeris do not withdraw within a reasonable timeframe they are ready to resolve the issue by other means, including by force. The talks between Armenia and Azerbaijani militaries are being mediated by Russian military from the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, as well as by the commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Artsakh. --0--
05/20/2021Lavrov: Russia and Armenia determined to strengthen strategic partnership
... emphasize the strategic allied nature of our relations and I hope they will be positively received by our citizens,” he said. The Russian Foreign Minister also stressed the importance of cooperation in the military-technical field. "The 102nd Russian military base in Armenia, the Russian-Armenian joint group of forces and the border department of the Russian Federal Security Service in Armenia serve to maintain security in the South Caucasus," Lavrov said. According to him, Moscow highly appreciates ...
05/06/2021Defense minister: part of Russian military base in Armenia to be redeployed to east of the country
In an interview with Russian news agency RIA Novosti Armenian Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan said the expansion and strengthening of the 102nd Russian military base stationed in Armenia's Gyumri has always been on the bilateral agenda. YEREVAN, February 22. /ARKA/. In an interview with Russian news agency RIA Novosti Armenian Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan said the expansion and ...
02/22/2021Marukyan finds it necessary to start urgent negotiations on deployment of Russian military base in Syunik
... Marukyan, the leader of the Bright Armenia party, made a statement on Wednesday, in which he announced specific mechanisms for ensuring security to Syunik, one of Armenia’s provinces, proposing to start urgent negotiations on the deployment of a new Russian military base in Syunik and to renew the treaty base with the Russian Federation. YEREVAN, December 23. /ARKA/. Edmon Marukyan, the leader of the Bright Armenia party, made a statement on Wednesday, in which he announced specific mechanisms for ensuring ...
12/23/2020Russian Mi-24 helicopter shot down on Armenia's territory near border with Azerbaijan, two crew members dead – defense ministry
... incident was received by the Ararat branch of the National Center for Crisis Management on November 9 at 18:39. Russia's TASS reports with reference to the Russian defense ministry that on November 9, at about 18:30, while escorting a convoy of the 102nd Russian military base through the territory of the Republic of Armenia in the airspace near the Armenian settlement of Yeraskh near the border of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, the Russian Mi-24 helicopter was subjected to fire from the ground from a portable ...
11/09/2020Russia military expert says Armenia has the right to take extreme measures against Azerbaijan
... pressure on Azerbaijan or, perhaps, on Turkey. In his opinion, Russia can take a number of military measures in order to help end the conflict. “This is, first of all, about the enforcement of peace,' he said. “The first is to relocate units of the Russian military base in Armenian Gyumri from the East to the West of the territory of Armenia, primarily with the aim of ensuring the air defense of the western part of the country, which is being attacked by unmanned aerial vehicles,” he explained. The second ...
10/26/2020Armenian PM: Russia will provide military assistance in case of need
... Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in an interview with German newspaper BILD, commented on the likelihood of Russian military assistance to Armenia. In response to a question whether the Russian army will help Armenia, the prime minister said that the Russian 102nd military base is stationed in the country. “We have a joint air defense system agreement which clearly formulates in which cases it can also be used to ensure the security of Armenia,” he explained. He also answered the question about when that could ...
10/04/2020Russia is doing everything to stop fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian ambassador says
... a conversation with the President of the Russian Federation, the Foreign Ministers communicate with each other, and there is communication with the Azerbaijani and Turkish sides. Regarding the CSTO response and the possible involvement of the 102nd Russian military base in the fighting after Azerbaijan began shelling the Armenian territory, the ambassador said that the CSTO's response was voiced by its Secretary General. Regarding the Russian military base deployed in Armenian Gyumri, the ambassador said ...
09/29/2020Russian ambassador to Armenia: Russia, like no one else is interested in peace and stability in the South Caucasus (video)
... September 11. /ARKA/. Speaking in the Minority Opinion program on Novosti Armenia news agency's YouTube channel on September 10, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin said no country is interested in peace and stability in the South Caucasus as much ... ... countries of the region, like no one else is interested in peace and stability in the region because we are present here - our military base, our border guards are here. That is, this is not something theoretical; for Russia the South Caucasus is not an ...
09/11/2020Sargsyan: Russia has provided 50,000 tons of military-technical assistance to Armenia
... ally of treason,” Sargsyan said. In his opinion, this behavior is unacceptable. “This is unacceptable, especially considering that Russia has rendered us assistance as an ally,” he said. Sargsyan noted that after the agreement signed in 2010, the Russian military base assumed responsibility for the security of the entire length of the Armenian border. "In addition to this, it [Russia] pledged to help us with updating weapons. We have received more than 50,000 tons of military-technical assistance ...
08/19/2020Team of specialists from Russian armed forces arrives in Armenia to assist in struggle against COVID 19
... mobile laboratory for conducting a COVID-19 infection study and a sampling system had also been delivered. "These systems, run by the ministry of defense, will allow conducting research in the Armenian armed forces and the contingent of the 102nd Russian military base deployed in Armenia," said Stepanyan. The spokesperson also said that studies conducted in target groups will greatly contribute to the organization of preventive measures and will significantly increase the effectiveness of anti-epidemic ...
04/08/2020Azerbaijan's raids against Armenia are part of Turkish diplomatic game - professor of history
... to show Russia that Ankara can have impact on the region. In his opinion, this is a part of the Turkish diplomacy - Turkish authorities do it in a bid to show Russia that they can encourage Azerbaijan to more active steps against the country where a Russian military base is deployed. Safsrastyan thinks that this is a warning step from the Turkish side. "They understand they will not achieve any success, but are trying to play their own game also by undertaking raids," he said. --0---
03/09/2020Russian embassy says some nongovernmental organizations trying to sow discord within Russian-Armenian relations
... acquisition of new samples of armament and for the assistance provided in Armenia's humanitarian mission in Syria. During Shoygu's visit, many issues related to Russia's 102 military base deployed in Armenia's territory were discussed. The presence of the Russian military base in Armenia is based on the contract dated from March 16, 1995 and both countries' authorities are united in thinking that coordinated military and political actions are necessary to ensure security to the Caucasus region and to react adequately ...
10/31/2019Combat potential of Russian military base in Armenia will almost double
The combat potential of the 102nd Russian military base deployed in Armenia's second-largest town of Gyumri will almost double after it is rearmed with new and upgraded weapon systems, the base commander Colonel Nikolai Martynyuk reported to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday.. YEREVAN,...
10/29/2019Russian defense minister paying official visit to Armenia
... Shoigu will have a one-to-one meeting with his Armenian counterpart Davit Tonoyan. Then an extended meetng between the two countries' delegations will take place. He is also set to travel to Gyumri, the second biggest city of Armenia, to visit the 102 Russian military base deployed here. According to the press release, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will receive Shoigu. -0---
10/29/2019Russian- Armenian document to guarantee that no foreign military deployed in Armenia, Lavrov says (video)
... the presence of American biological laboratories in Armenia. "We are completing the process of drawing up a document that will guarantee non-presence of foreign military there and which will guarantee that everything is transparent," the top Russian diplomat said At the same time, he stressed that Russia has several times less diplomats in any CIS country than the United States. Armenia and Russia are members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Russia has a military base deployed in Armenia’s second-largest town of Gyumri, not far from the border with Turkey.-0-
12/17/2018Turkey is trying to step up its policy in South Caucasus
... plans with the help of Azerbaijan," he said at a press conference. According to Safrastyan, Ankara’s efforts to deploy a military base in Azerbaijan’s exclave Nakhichevan is an obvious example of Turkey’s intensified policy in the region. Reports ... ... were not stopped by the Turkish border guards, which means that Turkey is making a probe into the current level of Armenian-Russian relations and the security system on this part of the border. I do not consider these border breaches accidental," ...
09/07/2018Armenian foreign minister, Russian deputy defense minister confirm cooperation agreements
... countries, attaches great importance to further development of the CSTO and will continue its active participation in the organization’s activity. Mnatsakanyan and Fomin discussed cooperation in military area. The Armenian foreign minister said that the Russian 102nd military base deployed in Armenia is a positive example of cooperation. Earlier, Kommersant, a Russian media source, said that the prosecution of such high-ranked former officials in Armenia aroused discord in relationship between Moscow and Yerevan and ...
08/03/2018Presence of 102nd Russian military base in Armenia in tune with country’s interests
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pahsinyan, speaking Wednesday to Echo of Moscow, said that the presence of the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia is an important component of Armenia’s security. YEREVAN, July 26. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pahsinyan, speaking Wednesday to Echo of Moscow, said that the presence of the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia ...
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