Armenian Border Guard

Armenian Border Guard
Հայաստանի Սահմանային պահպանություն
An Armenian border guard station in Shirak province, facing the closed border with Turkey
Founded26 April 1994
Country Armenia
TypeBorder Patrol
RoleBorder guard
Part of National Security Service of Armenia
HeadquartersYerevan
Nickname(s)Frontier Guard
AnniversariesBorder Guards Day – 26 April
Infantry fighting vehiclesBMD-1
BMP-1
Commanders
CommanderColonel Arman Maralchyan
Chief of Staff of the Border GuardColonel Arman Gasparyan
Insignia
Identification
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The Armenian Border Guard (Armenian: Հայաստանի Սահմանային պահպանություն) is the branch of the National Security Service of Armenia that is responsible for monitoring and guarding Armenia's borders with neighbors Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran and Georgia. The border guard works in conjunction with a Russian military contingent from the Federal Security Service stationed in Armenia and headquartered at the 102nd Military Base in Gyumri.[1][2]

  1. ^ Eaton, Mark. "Major Trends in Military Expenditure and Arms Acquisitions by the States of the Caspian Region" in The Security of the Caspian Sea Region. Gennadii Chufrin (ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 89-90.
  2. ^ "Российские пограничники убили турецкого пастуха, обстрелявшего их на территории Армении". NEWSru.com. 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2020-11-22.