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8 February: Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF), begins a two-day visit to the Republic of Armenia on Wednesday, during which he will focus on Russia-Armenia cooperation in the field of security and on int

8 February: Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF), begins a two-day visit to the Republic of Armenia on Wednesday, during which he will focus on Russia-Armenia cooperation in the field of security and on int

8 February 2012

Later on Patrushev is to travel to Gyumri -- the second-largest city of Armenia (formerly Leninakan) to inspect the 102nd Russian military base, and a border guarding detachment of the Russian Federal Security Service, meet with Russian servicemen and familiarize himself with their everyday living and military-duty conditions. The military base and the Gyumri border guarding detachment are deployed here in accordance with the interstate treaties. The leadership of Armenia regards the stay of the Russian military base, with a personnel of about 5,000, and the Russian border guards in the republic as an important component of national security.

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