YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. Spokesperson of MoD Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan has detailed on the agreement of the creation of Armenian-Russian joint military corps. In an interview with reporters in Tavush Province Hovhannisyan told that no new unit will be created by the new agreement. “Here we are talking about the units of the Russian military base located in Armenia which will be joint by the 5th Armenian Corps under some particular circumstances”, “Armenpress” reports Hovhannisyan saying.

He added that Major General Andranik Makaryan will be the commander of the Corps in peace times, while in case of a war the issues of commandership and management will be decided by the Supreme Commanders of both states.