Russia Withdraws Border Guards From Checkpoint On Armenia-Iran Border

The Russians had been there for over 30 years.

Russian border guards have left the Agarak border checkpoint on the Armenian border with Iran. Russians had been at this checkpoint together with Armenians for over 30 years.

This was reported by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on December 30 that Armenian border troops had begun patrolling the Agarak checkpoint without Russian forces.

Presumably, the Russian border guards left the area in accordance with an October 2024 agreement that Armenian border guards would resume control of the checkpoint on January 1, 2025.

Pashinyan also added that Russian border guards had been working at the Agarak checkpoint since 1991.

“The withdrawal of Russian border guards from the Agarak checkpoint occurred five months after Russian border guards completed the withdrawal of troops from Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport. This once again demonstrated Armenia's commitment to reducing bilateral security relations with Russia,” the Institute for the Study of War noted.

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