ArmInfo.Moscow sees a lot of speculation regarding the meeting of the leaders of Armenia and Russia in Moscow on May 8. This was stated on May 15 during a weekly briefing by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in response to clarification as to whether it could be assumed that Moscow offered Pashinyan to completely withdraw Russian troops from the Republic of Armenia.
"The reports that the Russian side allegedly proposed to completely withdraw its border guards from the territory of Armenia do not correspond to reality. This is not true. Other sources stated that the withdrawal of border guards is allegedly being carried out within the framework of agreements between Baku and Yerevan on not placing representatives of third countries on the joint border "All this is speculation," the diplomat said.
According to her, the reality is that during the negotiations between the leaders of Russia and Armenia in Moscow, at the request of the Armenian side, the withdrawal of Russian border guards from a number of regions of the Republic of Armenia bordering Azerbaijan was discussed in connection with their fulfillment of previously assigned tasks.
After negotiations between the leaders of Armenia and Russia in Moscow on May 8, the head of the parliamentary faction of the ruling Civil Contract party, Hayk Konjorian, said that Russian border guards would leave the Gegharkunik, Syunik, Tavush, Ararat and Vayots Dzor regions, where they were after the 44-day war, on the initiative of the Government of Armenia, as well as the Zvartnots airport.
After this, on May 10, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, confirmed that the process of withdrawal of Russian military and border guards from a number of regions of Armenia was agreed upon on May 8 in Moscow during a meeting of the heads of Armenia and Russia. He added that at the request of Yerevan, Russian border guards will continue to be on the Armenian-Turkish and Armenian- Iranian borders.
The basis for the current presence of Russian border guards in Armenia is the interstate agreement on the status of Russian border troops on the territory of the republic, concluded in Yerevan on September 30, 1992.
The border department of the FSB of the Russian Federation in Armenia includes 4 border detachments - in Gyumri, Armavir, Artashat and Meghri, as well as a separate checkpoint at Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport. The maintenance of Russian border guards in Armenia is provided approximately equally by the governments of the two states. Unlike the Russian military base, where exclusively Russian citizens serve, Armenian citizens also have the right to serve in the border troops of the Russian Federation in the republic.
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