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Russian, Armenian Defense Ministers Sign Combined Forces Agreement

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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Armenian counterpart signed an agreement on establishing combined forces, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Wednesday.

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Russia, Armenia Create Joint Group of Forces to Ensure Security in the Caucasus
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan said the group would include Russia's military base in Armenia, as well as units of the Armenian armed forces. The ministers signed a cooperation plan for 2017.

Russian President Vladimir Putin singed off on a decree to establish a combined task force on November 14.

Previously, Russia and Armenia signed the agreement that established regional Unified Air Defense System as part of Joint Commonwealth of Independent States Air Defense System in December 2015.

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