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Analysis | 01.09.10 | 12:50

In the name of security or competition?: Military base in Armenia strengthens Russian influence in the region

By Naira Hayrumyan
ArmeniaNow correspondent
The August 19-20 state visit to Armenia by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev triggered discussions in the country about what part of its sovereignty and national security Armenia may delegate to Russia.

During Medvedev’s visit, Moscow and Yerevan signed a protocol extending Russia’s lease on the Russian military base in Armenia and expanding “the geography” of its actions. The amended 1995 treaty also commits the Russian military base stationed in the Armenian northwestern city of Gyumri to protecting the security of the whole of Armenia, and not only along the borders of the former Soviet Union as before, but along the entire perimeter of the Republic of Armenia borders.

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Jay (unverified)
02.09.2010 15:39
Well said Avetis.Howevere,the Russians are more concerned of NATO expansionism in the Caucasus than anything else.Look at Georgia.
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Avetis (unverified)
01.09.2010 15:30
God bless Mother Russia. God bless our Hayrenik. God bless the Russian-Armenian alliance - the last front against pan-Turkism, American imperialism, NATO expansionism, Islamic fundamentalism in the Caucasus.
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