YEREVAN. – The biological laboratories in Armenia are solely for civilian purposes.

Anna Naghdalyan, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), noted the above-said at Thursday’s press briefing.

She added that these laboratories were overseen by Armenia, and only Armenian specialists worked there.

That is, there is no need for military presence in Armenia’s case, the country is conducting no talks with respect to deployment of military personnel from third-party countries, and nothing is said about a military presence in these biological laboratories, the MFA spokesperson stressed.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had stated that Yerevan and Moscow were completing the preparation of a document guaranteeing that there will be no foreign military presence at the biological laboratories in Armenia.