Russian border guards will leave the checkpoint on the Armenia-Iran border from January 1

During the meeting of the Prime Minister of Armenia and the President of Russia, held today in Moscow, an agreement was reached that from January 1, 2025, the Border Guard troops of the RA National Security Service will also participate in the protection of the Armenia-Iran and Armenia-Turkey state borders, and the control of the Armenia-Iran state border the service at the border point will be performed entirely by the forces of the Border Guard troops of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia. This was reported by Nazeli Baghdasaryan, spokesperson of the RA Prime Minister.

Nikol Pashinyan thanked Vladimir Putin for the service performed by the Border Guard troops of the Russian FSB at the checkpoint of the Armenia-Iran state border since Armenia’s independence, the message said.

From August 1 of this year, Russian border guards left Yerevan’s “Zvartnots” airport.

During the meeting with the President of the Russian Federation, Pashinyan presented the details of the “Crossroads of Peace” project, handed over the brochure “Crossroads of Peace” to Putin, “as well as expressed concern about the wording and vocabulary used by a number of Russian officials on regional issues,” Baghdasaryan reports, emphasizing . – “The speech of the Government of the Republic of Armenia regarding regional communications is identical in closed and open formats.”

“Prime Minister Pashinyan positively evaluates the results of the meeting with the President of the Russian Federation. A wide range of issues were discussed, concrete agreements related to the energy, educational and humanitarian spheres were reached,” the speaker’s message also said.