YEREVAN. – The Acting Minister of Defense of Armenia, Davit Tonoyan, on Saturday attended the events devoted to the 77th anniversary of the 102nd Russian Military Base in Gyumri.

Congratulating the soldiers of this military base on this anniversary, the acting defense minister noted that this military base’s deployment in Armenia stems from the long-term strategic and political interests of the two countries, the Ministry of Defense of Armenia informed Armenian-News-NEWS.am.

Also, Tonoyan underscored this military base’s role in maintaining regional stability, and expressed a conviction that the close cooperation will be strong and fruitful, from now on, as well.

On the same day, Davit Tonoyan visited a military unit of the Armenian Armed Forces, too, and got familiarized with its daily military service. And at the end of his tour of this military unit, he gave several instructions and recommendations to its command staff.