ARMENIAN, RUSSIAN SECURITY SERVICES SIGN COOPERATION ACCORDS
Regnum, Russia
Oct 17 2006
16 October: The heads of Russian Federal Security Service [FSB] and
the Armenian National Security Service have signed two protocols
on cooperation in the fight against international terrorism, a
representatice of the Russian Security Service delegation has told
a Regnum correspondent.
The protocols were signed in Stavropol Territory' resort town of
Yessentuki. The protocols envisage the development of cooperation
between the two organizations in the fight against international
terrorism and other manifestations of extremism.
During the signing ceremony, the head of the Armenian National Security
Service, Gorig Akopyan, said that 18 protocols to the main agreement
have been signed by the two organizations so far. He also expressed
his satisfaction with the development of cooperation with Russia's
FSB and that the Atom Antiterror-2006 joint staff and command exercise
held recently in Yerevan could serve as an example of that.
At the 4th conference of the delegation in Yessentuki, Akopyan pointed
out that today Russia and Armenia are at the level of equal strategic
partnership, and social and political conditions in the Caucasus pose
various threats to the security of the two countries.
To this effect, Russia's FSB and the Armenian National Security
Service need to cordinate their actions.
Regnum, Russia
Oct 17 2006
16 October: The heads of Russian Federal Security Service [FSB] and
the Armenian National Security Service have signed two protocols
on cooperation in the fight against international terrorism, a
representatice of the Russian Security Service delegation has told
a Regnum correspondent.
The protocols were signed in Stavropol Territory' resort town of
Yessentuki. The protocols envisage the development of cooperation
between the two organizations in the fight against international
terrorism and other manifestations of extremism.
During the signing ceremony, the head of the Armenian National Security
Service, Gorig Akopyan, said that 18 protocols to the main agreement
have been signed by the two organizations so far. He also expressed
his satisfaction with the development of cooperation with Russia's
FSB and that the Atom Antiterror-2006 joint staff and command exercise
held recently in Yerevan could serve as an example of that.
At the 4th conference of the delegation in Yessentuki, Akopyan pointed
out that today Russia and Armenia are at the level of equal strategic
partnership, and social and political conditions in the Caucasus pose
various threats to the security of the two countries.
To this effect, Russia's FSB and the Armenian National Security
Service need to cordinate their actions.