MIKAYEL HAROUTIUNIAN ASSURES THAT NOTHING TO BE GIVEN TO ARMENIAN
ARMED FORCES FROM RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE IN GEORGIA

YEREVAN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. No unit of armour
technics will enter Armenia from the Russian military bases placed in
the territory of Georgia. As Colonel General Mikayel Haroutiunian, the
Chief of the Armed Forces Headquarters General of Armenia mentioned,
it is spoken only about cars, means of communication and other
techniques with which the 102nd Russian military base placed in Gyumri
will be completed. Haroutiunian assured that nothing will be given to
the Armed Forces of Armenia from the above-mentioned military
equipment. According to him, the first echelon arrived in Gyumri on
May 18, and few others will arrive soon. Haroutiunian stated that the
armed forces, military equipment and armament of the Russian military
bases are mainly moved from Georgia to Russia. Responding the Noyan
Tapan correspondent’s question, the RA Armed Forces Headquarters
General Chief does not consider trustworhty those rumours that a part
of echelons with the Russian military equipment may accidentally stay
in Azerbaijan through the territory of which they are moved to Russia.