Hayk Mamijanyan: Unlike authorities, I understand on what legal basis Russian border guards are at Zvartnots airport
ArmInfo. Unlike the authorities, I understand on what legal basis the Russian border guards are at the Zvartnots airport. Head of the "I have honor" opposition party, Hayk Mamijanyan, stated during a briefing on March 1.
He noted that he does not consider their presence as a threat to the sovereignty of Armenia. The MP explained that Russian border guards are at the Zvartnots airport, since this is the external border of the EAEU, the border of the CSTO. "I'm not a lawyer, but I think that's what's causing it," Mamijanyan emphasized.
The MP noted in this vein that he was more concerned about the presence of the Azerbaijani troops a kilometer from Jermuk, not far from Vardenis, in Syunik, and not about the sudden "discovery" of the authorities about the presence of Russian border guards in "Zvartnots". Mamijanyan noted that the government turned this issue into another bargaining chip for dirty manipulations. "The country is under the threat of war, and they are playing 'daughters and mothers,'" said Mamijanyan.
Days earlier, Speaker of the Parliament Alen Simonyan stated that he considers the withdrawal of Russian border guards from Zvartnots airport to be correct.
"Because we will protect the borders of our country, but I am not sure that they will do so. Are you sure about this? The opposite has already been confirmed several times. And That is apart from the fact that they did everything to make this border more vulnerable," he said.