Director of the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov says Russian border guards will deploy additional forces on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border at the request of the Armenian party, RIA Novosti reported.

“According to the decision on ensuring Armenia’s border security, the actions for ensuring peace in Nagorno-Karabakh and at the request of the Armenian party, the Border Department of the Federal Security Service has allocated 188 more servicemen and a necessary amount of military equipment to Armenia. The border guards will deploy additional forces on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan…The Azerbaijani party has been informed about this, and there has been necessary contacts with the colleagues,” Bortnikov said during a meeting devoted to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and chaired by President of Russia Vladimir Putin.