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RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE LEASE IN ARMENIA EXTENDED UNTIL 2044
Interfax
July 6 2011
Russia
A protocol extending the presence of a Russian military base in
Armenia until 2044 took effect on Wednesday.
This happened after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Armenian
Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian exchanged the relevant instruments
of ratification in Moscow.
Earlier, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed into law a bill
ratifying the protocol to extend the 1995 lease of the military base
in Armenia.
The protocol was signed in Yerevan in August 2010 and extends the
validity of the 25-year agreement to 49 years (starting from 1995).
Now the agreement will be extended automatically for five-year
periods, unless either party provides a six-month written notice of
its intention to terminate the agreement.
The 102nd Russian military base has been deployed in Gyumri, north
Armenia, since 1995, as part of the CIS united air defense system. The
base is subordinate to the Russian North Caucasus Military District's
Group of Russian Troops in the Caucasus.
The base is equipped with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems and
Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter aircraft. The personnel consists of around
5,000 service people.
Interfax
July 6 2011
Russia
A protocol extending the presence of a Russian military base in
Armenia until 2044 took effect on Wednesday.
This happened after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Armenian
Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian exchanged the relevant instruments
of ratification in Moscow.
Earlier, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed into law a bill
ratifying the protocol to extend the 1995 lease of the military base
in Armenia.
The protocol was signed in Yerevan in August 2010 and extends the
validity of the 25-year agreement to 49 years (starting from 1995).
Now the agreement will be extended automatically for five-year
periods, unless either party provides a six-month written notice of
its intention to terminate the agreement.
The 102nd Russian military base has been deployed in Gyumri, north
Armenia, since 1995, as part of the CIS united air defense system. The
base is subordinate to the Russian North Caucasus Military District's
Group of Russian Troops in the Caucasus.
The base is equipped with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems and
Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter aircraft. The personnel consists of around
5,000 service people.