Border Troops Commander: Armenia could become an attractive country  for bandit groups from the Middle East

ArmInfo.Armenia can become an attractive country as a transit state for bandit groups  from the Middle East. On September 26, Colonel Vaghinak Sargsyan,  Commander of the border forces of the National Security Service of  Armenia, stated this in an interview with reporters on the sidelines  of the Ararat-Anti-Terror-2019 exercise.

So, summing up the results of the completed exercises, Sargsyan  expressed satisfaction with the level of their conduct, indicating  the coherence of the units. "Such exercises are of particular  importance in the light of the situation around the region, in  particular, for bandit groups from the Middle East, Armenia can  become attractive as a transit country. In this regard, the situation  is simulated in order to be ready for such developments," the  commander of the border troops noted. He also agreed with the  statement that protecting the borders of Armenia implies protecting  the borders of the entire Commonwealth, since these are the external  borders of the CIS.

Answering a question about the potential threat associated with an  increase in the flow of tourists, he noted that any flow  theoretically poses a hidden threat. "Naturally, the goal is to  filter - who is really a tourist or a businessman, and who is hiding.  The task of the special services in all countries is to sift one from  the other. We are vigilant, we are not asleep," Sargsyan summed up.