The "Strong Armenia" party has warned the Armenian authorities that the withdrawal of Russian border guards from the Armenian-Turkish border would mean that this border would no longer exist legally.
This was stated on September 2 by opposition MP Edgar Kazaryan during a conversation with journalists, commenting on the meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Bishkek.
Kazaryan noted that Russia has two military presences in Armenia - the 102nd Russian military base and the border troops of the Federal Security Service of Russia.
He emphasized that the activities of Russian border troops in Armenia are regulated by the interstate Treaty of September 30, 1992, according to which the Armenian state essentially recognizes the agreement that formed the Soviet Union's state border with Turkey and Iran during the Soviet period. Since Armenia does not have a separate agreement with Turkey regarding the state border, the withdrawal of Russian border troops from the Armenian-Turkish border would mean that it would cease to exist legally.
