Russian border guards to be withdrawn from Yerevan’s Zvartnots airport from August 1

YEREVAN /ARKA/. The issue of withdrawal of Russian border guards from Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport has been finally resolved for the Armenian side, Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan said on Wednesday.
“For Armenia, this issue has been resolved. I don’t think there are any discussions on it,” Simonyan told reporters in parliament.
At the same time, he noted that the deadline announced by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for Russian border guards to leave Zvartnots on August 1, 2024 remains in force.
Simonyan noted that there is an attempt to present this process as some kind of violation of the interstate agreement that was concluded to help Armenian border guards. Now, according to him, this is no longer necessary.
On February 27, Alen Simonyan said Yerevan notified Moscow in writing that Russian border guards will be withdrawn from Zvartnots airport on August 1, 2024.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in this regard that “Armenia’s border service, particularly at Zvartnots Airport, has already acquired sufficient skills and experience to carry out border service without the help of the Russian side.”