Armenpress News Agency, Armenia
July 14, 2017 Friday


Armenia is our second defense echelon, says Zhirinovsky



YEREVAN, JULY 14, ARMENPRESS. On July 14, the Russian State Duma
ratified the Russian-Armenian agreement on creating a joint troops
formation, Russia media reported.

Speaking on the agreement, Russian lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky,
president of the Liberal-Democratic Party, mentioned that Russia and
Armenia have always had strong friendly relations, which stems from
the interests of both countries.

“Armenia is our second defense echelon and it has always been. We have
an agreement on creating a joint defense area with Armenia, which we
will prolong further”, he said.

The agreement on forming the joint troops was signed in Moscow on
November 30, 2016.