MHER SHAHGELDIAN: THERE IS NO OFFICIAL AGREEMENT ABOUT EXTENSION OF
RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE IN ARMENIA

YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. There is no official arrangement or
agreement between RA and RF about moving Russian military bases from
Georgia to Armenia, there in no official agreement about the extension
of Russian military base in Armenia, either. Mher Shahgeldian,
Chairman of NA Standing Committee on Defence, National Security and
Internal Affairs, reported this at the June 8 press conference.

According to him, the Russian military base dislocated in Armenia is
replenished from time to time, including replenishment with military
equipment and ammunition. “As I know, in this case the replenishment
was carried out not from Russia but from bases dislocated in Georgia,”
the MP mentioned.

Answering a journalist’s question, Shahgeldian said that he has no
information about moving of 15 wagons of Russian ammunition to
Armenia.