STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Tuesday signed a decree, according to which the Mesrop Mashtots Medal is awarded to Armenian Armed Forces Chief of the General Staff, Colonel General Yury Khachaturov, for his services rendered to the NKR and in connection with his 60th birth anniversary, Office of the NKR President informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.