The presence of the 102-nd Russian military base in Armenia is country's security component, Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated at a joint news conference with Finnish President Tarja Halonen. The Armenian leader flatly denied the opinion that Russian military presence is imposed upon Armenia. «No one obliges anyone, we are interested in the presence of the Russian military base ourselves, as we have a complicated region and relations between regional states are complex,» R. Kocharian remarked. He also added that the issue of expansion of the Russian military presence in Armenia is not discussed at the moment.