Russian Ambassador: The issue of placing Russian border guards on  problem areas of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border requires discussions  in a trilateral format

ArmInfo.The issue of placing Russian border guards on the remaining problem areas of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is being discussed with the active  participation of the Russian side, which is ready to take appropriate  steps, but this issue requires discussion in a trilateral format. 

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Armenia  Sergei Kopyrkin stated this in an interview to Public Television,  commenting on the proposal of the Prime Minister of Armenia on the  deployment of strong points of Russian border guards along the entire  border of the Republic of Armenia.

"We understand the importance of this problem," the diplomat said,  noting that practical work in this direction is underway.

At the same time, he recalled that this idea was partially  implemented in the Syunik region, where posts of Russian border  guards are located on problem areas of the Armenian-Azerbaijani  border, in addition to those places of service that were  trabditionally assigned to Russian border guards. In this context, he  named the border with Iran and Turkey. "Now tangible additional funds  have been attracted, including personnel, in order to place our  border guards, especially where the road runs through two  territories," he said.

The diplomat spoke about his visit to Syunik region in June.  Referring to his conversations with residents of border communities,  Kopyrkin emphasized: "I understood how important the presence of  Russian border guards and flags is so that a stable situation  remains, so that there are no incidents. And they really do it. If  any problems arise, Russian border guards are involved in solving  them. The presence of our border guards allows the local population,  who found themselves in a new tragic situation for themselves, to  feel more comfortable and more free. I think this is a very important  mission of our border guards> .