Armenian Border Guards assumed the control of the Armenia-Iran border, after Russian guards completed their withdrawals as was anticipated after an agreement between Yerevan and Moscow.
“Starting today, only the Border Guard Troops of the Republic of Armenia will carry out border control at the Agarak border crossing point on the Armenia-Iran state border,” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote on Facebook.
Pashinyan thanked the Russian Border Guard Troops who had been carrying out border control at the Iran border crossing point in Agarak since Armenia’s independence.
“And I wish our border guards, who have assumed border control from today, success and good service,” Pashinyan added.
Pashinyan and President Vladimir Putin of Russia agreed to this arrangement in October, two moths after Russian border guards withdrew from the Zvartnots International Airport, per a similar agreement reached in 2023.
Under another agreement reported by Yerevan in October, starting from 2025, Armenian border guards “will also participate in the protection” of their country’s borders with Iran and Turkey, together with their Russian colleagues.
