Deputy Defense Minister: Armenia-Russia joint Air Defense agreement does not apply to Nagorno Karabakh

YEREVAN, JUNE 28, ARMENPRESS. The agreement on forming a joint air defense system between Armenia and Russia does not apply to Nagorno Karabakh: the agreement concerns Armenia and Russia only, Deputy Defense Minister Ara Nazaryan said during the discussions of the agreement.

“Regarding Nagorno Karabakh we have our air defense measures, and we are the security guarantor of Nagorno Karabakh under our military doctrine. This agreement includes the entire airspace of Armenia”, he said.

The Deputy Minister added that if the agreement signed within the framework of CIS related to only the external borders of CIS, then this agreement includes the entire air border of Armenia.