STEPANAKERT. - President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan has signed a decree, under which Col. Jalal Harutyunyan has been appointed Commander of NKR Defense Army N military base.

The President visited the military base Tuesday and introduced the newly-appointed commander to the subdivision staff.

Sahakyan was accompanied by the country’s Defense Minister Levon Mnatsakanya and other officials.