BORDER PROTECTION ESSENTIAL FACTOR IN ARMENIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS: RA PRESIDENT

news.am
Dec 4 2009
Armenia

Dec. 4, RA President Serzh Sargsyan received the Deputy Head of
Frontier Service of RF general-lieutenant Vladimir Streltsov. The
latter introduced Sargsyan the new chief of RF Border Guard directorate
of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Armenia, general-lieutenant
Viktor Vlasov.

RA President highly appreciated the expansion of Armenia-Russia
military cooperation and outlined the progress in this field, RA
Presidential press service informed NEWS.am. Sargsyan considers
frontier service and protection of Armenian border one of the major
constituents of national security and one of essential factors in
Armenian-Russian allied relations.

"We are content with border guards’ service, our joint cooperation
and their professionalism," underlined Sargsyan.