Wednesday, January 27 2016 06:32

Marianna Mkrtchyan

Seyran Ohanyan: After murder of family in Gyumri efforts have been applied aimed at maintaining warm relations between Gyumri people and servicemen of 102nd Russian base

Seyran Ohanyan: After murder of family in Gyumri efforts have been applied aimed at maintaining warm relations between Gyumri people and servicemen of 102nd Russian base

After tragic incident of murder of a family in Gyumri by a Russian serviceman serious efforts have been applied aimed at maintaining warm relations between Gyumri people and servicemen of 102nd Russian base, Armenia's Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan said in Yerevan on January 26.

At the same time answering to the question about increasing military-technical capacities of the 102nd Russian military base, Ohanyan noted that Russia in recent years has conducted serious work on increasing the level of its bases abroad including in Armenia. 

"The process of equipping the base with techniques and weapons is continued. Recently military-air forces have been transported", the Minister concluded. 

To note, according to the Russian-Armenian agreement from 2013, in the end of last year 13 up-to-date transport and attack helicopters were brought to Armenia.

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