ISW: Growing US-Armenian cooperation will threaten Russia's ability to maintain 102nd military base in Armenia

“Growing US-Armenian cooperation will threaten Russia's ability to maintain the 102nd Military Base in Gyumri, Armenia,” the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said, Report informs.

“A prominent Kremlin-affiliated milblogger responded to a November 3 meeting between Chief of the Armenian General Staff Edvard Asyran and US Deputy European Command (EUCOM) commander Lieutenant General Steven Basham and claimed that this interaction is another Armenian snub to Russia. The milblogger voiced concern that growing US-Armenian cooperation will threaten Russia's ability to maintain the 102nd Military Base in Gyumri, Armenia, thereby further weakening Russia's presence in the region,” the ISW said.

ISW has recently assessed that Yerevan is distancing itself from Moscow as bilateral relations between the two deteriorate.