The Russian base will remain in Armenia until 2046 and not 2044 as press have reported, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan said in an interview with the Public TV.

The terms are counted not from the moment of signing in 1995, but from the moment of ratification in 1997, he added.  

As NEWS.am reported earlier, a protocol prolonging deployment of the Russian military base #102 was signed in Yerevan on August 20. The document was signed by the Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov and his Armenian counterpart Seyran Ohanyan.

Under the protocol, the military base will remain in Armenia for the next 49 years (instead of 25 years). It will also ensure Armenia’s security.