The protocol on handing over to the Armenian side the protection of Armenia’s state border at Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan was signed today at the airport.

The protocol was signed by the commander of the Border Guard Troops of Armenia, Edgar Hunanyan, and the head of the Russian Border Guard Department in Armenia, Roman Golubitsky, the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reports from on location.

The protocol states that "the Armenian side thanks the Russian side for the long-term joint service to ensure border control at the Zvartnots air crossing, and notes that it does not have any demands on the Russian side."