HEAD OF CHIEF HQ OF RA ARMED FORCES: NO PLANS OF QUANTITATIVE ENLARGEMENT OF RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE IN ARMENIA
Arka News Agency, Armenia
Sept 29 2006
YEREVAN, September 29. /ARKA/. On Thursday colonel-general Michael
Harutyunyan, first deputy minister of defense, head of chief
headquarters of the RA Armed Forces told journalists that there were
no plans of quantitative enlargement of Russian military base in
Armenia yet.
"Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation and Head of the Chief
Headquarters of the RF Armed Forces made a statement earlier that
quantitative enlargement was not envisaged but they intended to improve
the quality of the 102 Russian military base", Harutyunyan clarified.
He said that it suggested change of the old equipment to a more modern
one and training of the base.
In Gyumri in north of Armenia, according to Armenian-Russian
intergovernmental agreement 102 Russian military base was quartered.
Russian military presence in Armenia is being considered as an
important element of the national security.