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NATO will provide technical assistance to Armenia to safeguard its border upon a request made by the country’s government, says Robert Simmons, the alliance’s representative on the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
"This refers to the Armenia-Georgia frontier. We are cooperating with Armenia’s National Security Service in this area," Simmons told a news conference in Yerevan on Friday.
Armenia’s borders with Turkey and Iran are currently jointly protected by Armenian and Russian frontier guards.
The statement comes after Armenian and Georgian border troops reportedly clashed on the two countries’ shared border on Wednesday. Armenian Ayk newspaper reported that the Armenians had attempted to place poles on the borderline but were hampered by the neighboring country’s troops. Further, Georgia temporarily pulled in additional forces to the frontier. As tensions mounted, the chiefs of the two South Caucasus republics’ border services reportedly arrived at the site. Only after tensions subsided were Georgian troops withdrawn from the area.
The spokesman for Armenia’s Security Service said the "small problem" had emerged during measurement work required to delineate the border. But Georgia’s border service said the reports about an incident between frontier guards had no merit and branded the statements about its chief Zaza Gogava’s coming to the area as "a lie."*