Armenian Border Guard

Armenian Border Guard
ՀՀ Սահմանային պահպանություն
An Armenian border guard station sitting along the closed border with Turkey, in the province of Shirak.
Active January 28, 1992 - Present
Country  Armenia
Branch Armed Forces of Armenia
Type Border Patol
Role Border guard
Part of Ministry of Defence of Armenia
Headquarters Yerevan
Nickname(s) Frontier Guard
Infantry fighting vehicles BMD-1
BMP-1
Commanders
Current
commander		 Vaghinak Sargsyan[1]
Insignia
Identification
symbol

The Armenian Border Guard (ՀՀ Սահմանային պահպանություն) is the branch of the Armed Forces 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 stationed in Armenia and headquartered at the 102nd Military Base in Gyumri.[2]

The border guard was initially subordinated to the Ministry of Defence when it was established on 28 January 1992, but in 2004 it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Security and Internal Affairs.

Mechanised equipment

The Ministry of National Security and Internal Affairs possesses in its arsenal 5 BMD-1s, 35 BMP-1s, 3 BRM-1Ks, 5 BTR-60s, and 18 BTR-70s.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ordu. "Armenia Border Guard Troops have new commander". defence.az. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance 2013. London: Routledge, 2013, p. 216.

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