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    Armenia hands over facilities, land to Russian military base

    Arminfo
    17 Jul 04


    YEREVAN

    Col-Gen Mikael Arutyunyan, chief of the general staff of the Armenian
    armed forces, and Igor Gromyko, adviser to the Russian ambassador to
    Armenia, today signed a document on the activities of the Russian
    military base in Armenia. The agreement on the deployment of the
    Russian military base in Armenia for a period of 25 years was signed
    in 1992.

    In line with the document, Armenia is handing over to Russia
    facilities and plots of land required by the 102nd Russian military
    base and Russia will own them for a limited period of time. Armenia
    will get back the plots of land that the Russian military base no
    longer needs.

    It is still difficult to say how long the Russian base will stay in
    Armenia, for 25 year, or for a shorter or longer period, Arutyunyan
    said. The two countries will decide this, he said. Armenia needs the
    Russian military base today and the base should be strong and
    efficient. It is difficult to remember the West ever protesting
    against the Russian military bases in Armenia, he said.

    He added that five Armenian officers will take part in NATO's
    forthcoming exercises in Azerbaijan and will occupy various positions
    in the manoeuvres. Armenia's involvement in the exercises must be of
    full value - Armenia's flag must be raised and national anthem played,
    Arutyunyan said.

    In turn, Gromyko said that there is no need to guess how long the
    Russian base will stay in Armenia. It will stay in Armenia as long as
    it suits Armenia and Russia.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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