Sputnik - The Border Service of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and a relevant Armenian department conducted a joint exercise with supposed border intrusion into the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region from Iran, the Russian Border Service said Monday.





YEREVAN (Sputnik)�� The exercise scenario included two nominal border perpetrators crossing into�Nagorno-Karabakh and trying to�escape into�the mountainous areas. The Russian and Armenian forces trained to�coordinate their actions when looking for�intruders, the Border Service specified. The nominal trespassers were located, one�� by�a border patrol team and another�� by�use of�a quadcopter carrying a video camera, that scoped them out�and�convoyed�them away, according to�the statement.
"In order to�boost coherence in�actions of�the Border Service of�the FSB of�Russia in�Armenia and the border force of�the National Security Service of�Armenia in�various conditions, a joint exercise was organized and carried out, themed �Conducting Border Search in�the Junction (Nyuvadinsk) Region�," the statement by�the organization�s press service said.


The Armenian border patrolling system of�the Turkish and Iranian frontiers remains intact since�the Soviet era. FSB�s Border Service in�Armenia includes almost 4,500 people split into�four border patrolling teams in�Armenian cities and a border control point at�Yerevan�s Zvartnots airport. The service is financed jointly by�the Armenian and Russian governments.