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RUSSIA TO UPGRADE ITS BASES IN ARMENIA
RIA Novosti. R. Mangasaryan
http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20130627/181913865/Russia-to-Upgrade-Its-Bases-in-Armenia.html
Tags: MiG-29, Collective Security Treaty Organization, Nikolai
Bordyuzha, Artur Bagdasaryan, Gyumri,Yerevan, Armenia, Russia
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YEREVAN, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russian military bases in Armenia
will be modernized and upgraded, Armenia's top national security
official said Thursday.
Modernization of Russia's 102nd Military Base at Gyumri, in northern
Armenia near its border with Turkey, and the airbase at Yerevan's
Erebuni Airport will begin this year and continue for several years,
Artur Bagdasaryan, head of the National Security Council, said after
a meeting with Nikolai Bordyuzha, general secretary of the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), an intergovernmental military
alliance of former Soviet states.
Bordyuzha said the CSTO's scope would be augmented to include special
operations forces and a collective air force, designed to "defend
the sovereignty and territorial integrity of CSTO member states."
The CSTO includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
and Tajikistan.
A senior Russian military official said last year Russia would double
the number of contract personnel at its Gyumri base while permanent
staff numbers would remain at the current 5,000.
In 2010, the lease on the base was extended through 2044. The base
is part of the air defense system of the post-Soviet Commonwealth of
Independent States and is home to S-300 anti-aircraft missiles and
Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters.
Russia has repeatedly said the presence of that base in the republic
does not violate any international agreements or upset the balance
of forces in the region.
RIA Novosti. R. Mangasaryan
http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20130627/181913865/Russia-to-Upgrade-Its-Bases-in-Armenia.html
Tags: MiG-29, Collective Security Treaty Organization, Nikolai
Bordyuzha, Artur Bagdasaryan, Gyumri,Yerevan, Armenia, Russia
Related News
Russia to Double Armenia Base Contract Staff Russia ratifies extension
of military base deal in Armenia Russian parliament to review the
use of military base in Armenia NATO not against Russian military
base in Armenia - envoy
YEREVAN, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russian military bases in Armenia
will be modernized and upgraded, Armenia's top national security
official said Thursday.
Modernization of Russia's 102nd Military Base at Gyumri, in northern
Armenia near its border with Turkey, and the airbase at Yerevan's
Erebuni Airport will begin this year and continue for several years,
Artur Bagdasaryan, head of the National Security Council, said after
a meeting with Nikolai Bordyuzha, general secretary of the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), an intergovernmental military
alliance of former Soviet states.
Bordyuzha said the CSTO's scope would be augmented to include special
operations forces and a collective air force, designed to "defend
the sovereignty and territorial integrity of CSTO member states."
The CSTO includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
and Tajikistan.
A senior Russian military official said last year Russia would double
the number of contract personnel at its Gyumri base while permanent
staff numbers would remain at the current 5,000.
In 2010, the lease on the base was extended through 2044. The base
is part of the air defense system of the post-Soviet Commonwealth of
Independent States and is home to S-300 anti-aircraft missiles and
Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters.
Russia has repeatedly said the presence of that base in the republic
does not violate any international agreements or upset the balance
of forces in the region.