Georgia does not intend to intervene in security issues of Armenia, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze told a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian.

According to Vashadze, he did not make any statements on sovereignty himself. “However, Georgia has a right to give its view on the deployment of Russian military base in Armenia.

“There were five bases in Georgia and they posed threat to sovereignty,” Vashadze said stressing in due time all the three Transcaucasian countries lost sovereignty on a day.

As reported previously, according to Azeri mass media, the Georgian FM stated that longer-term presence of Russian military bases in the South Caucasus poses a threat to Georgia, Azerbaijan, as well as top Armenia’s sovereignty. “This military base does not guarantee stability, security and cooperation to anybody. This base does not create favorable conditions for resolving the South Caucasus’ problems in a peaceful and civilized way,” the Georgian FM said.

The RA foreign office responded to this information. Tigran Balayan, Spokesman of the RA foreign office, said that the Armenian leaders have repeatedly stated Armenia’s official position on the Russian military base’s presence in Armenia, Balayan said. “We consider the Azeri mass media’s information is, by tradition, partially distorted. In any case, no official representing any state has the right to interfere in our domestic affairs or make comments on issues of our security. Today the Armenian and Georgian Foreign Ministers will hold a telephone conversation,” Balayan said.

In August 2010, Armenia and Russia signed an agreement prolonging Russian military base in Armenia.