Withdrawal of Russian troops from Armenia may bring more than serious  losses to Armenia - MP

ArmInfo. Russian troops are on the territory of Armenia in accordance with a bilateral agreement.  Member  of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the"Armenia"  opposition faction Armen Rustamyan told reporters on February 27.

Answering a question about the possibility of withdrawing Russian  troops from the territory of the Republic of Armenia, Rustamyan noted  that such issues should be resolved on the basis of an appropriate  agreement. "But if this is not done, and everything is carried out  against the backdrop of statements such as "in the Russian-Ukrainian  crisis we are not on Russia's side", "we have frozen our relations  with the CSTO", then it turns out that all these steps and actions  fit into the logic of the actions of the authorities to withdraw the  Russians," Rustamyan said. He added that this may bring more than  serious losses to Armenia.

The MP emphasized that against the backdrop of this rhetoric, Russia  may even announce the withdrawal of its border guards from the  country's borders. "There were cases when Moscow declared that its  presence on one or another section of the border was not planned.  "You need this, and that's why we are here, they say" the  parliamentarian emphasized.

He pointed out that if the Russian troops withdraw, Armenia will  receive a "transparent Armenian-Turkish border" so that the enemy can  calmly enter, as they did in Ishkhanasar. As a result, as the MP  stated, there will be nothing left of Armenia.