ERIC RUBIN: RUSSIA MILITARY PRESENCE IN ARMENIA IS DUE TO CURRENT SITUATION
11:28, 11.02.2015
The United States (US) is planning to develop cooperation with Armenia
in the military and security domains.
The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian
Affairs, Eric Rubin, stated about the aforementioned.
Rubin also noted that a Russian military presence in Armenia should
restrain neither the Armenian nor the American sides from making
their bilateral cooperation grow deeper.
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State added that Armenia and the
South Caucasus, in general, are very close to the world’s most
dangerous areas.
In his words, the US and Armenia envision not solely to deepen
cooperation in security and defense, but to implement new bilateral
programs within this framework.
And commenting on the presence of Russian troops in Armenia, Eric
Rubin said this does not constrain the US, and added that this Russian
military presence is a reality conditioned on the current situation
in Armenia.