Monday, June 19 2017 17:58

ArmInfo.The Government of the Russian Federation approved and sent to the President of Russia for ratification an agreement on a joint grouping of troops (forces) with Armenia. This is stated in a message published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

To recall, the agreement was signed in Moscow on November 30, 2016.

According to the agreement, Russia and Armenia will create a Joint  Group of the Armed Forces of the two countries "to ensure the  security of the parties in the Caucasus region for collective  security" capable of ensuring "adequate response to an armed attack  (aggression), as well as to other challenges and threats to the  security of the parties." The Defense Ministries of both states will  work out and approve from their Supreme Commander-in-Chief the  proposals for planning the use of the United Group. They will also  determine the composition of the grouping. In peacetime, the command  of the United Group functions in the structure of the Armed Forces of  the Republic of Armenia from among the representatives of the Armed  Forces of the Republic of Armenia in a reduced composition. In order  to organize interaction between the Armed Forces of the Russian  Federation and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia during the  immediate threat of aggression and in time of war, the authorized  bodies provide for the dispatch of operational groups to the  headquarters of the Southern Military District of the Russian  Federation and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic  of Armenia. "The Commander of the United forces will be appointed to  the Supreme Commander With the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the  Russian Armed Forces. In peacetime, the group will report to the  Chief of the General Staff of Armenia, and in the military,  "depending on the emerging Situation," and the commander of the  troops of the Southern Military District.  The document also  indicates that the parties will independently provide material and  technical and financial support for their troops assigned to the  United Group.