Russia President Vladimir Putin has ratified the agreement on Armenian-Russian United forces. The document is published on the official web portal of legal information.

“To ratify the agreement between Russian Federation and Republic of Armenia on the united group of forces of the Armed Forces of Republic of Armenia and the Armed Forces of Russian Federation, signed in the city of Moscow on November 30, 2016”, the document states.

The agreement is signed for up to five years and is automatically prolongated for next five years, if any of the sides does not submit a respective application 6 months before the termination of the agreement.