SESSION AT LORI REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION CHAIRED BY ARMENIAN NA
CHAIRMAN ARTUR BAGHDASARYAN

YEREVAN, JULY 15. ARMINFO. A session at Lori regional administration
chaired by Armenian NA Chairman Artur Baghdasaryan today discussed the
urgent problems and prior tasks of the region. Speaker Baghdasaryan
got first hand information on the economic situation in Lori region.

Lori Governor Henrik Kochinyan informed the Speaker that 2.2
thous. families in the region still need housing. He pointed out the
necessity for completing the construction of Culture House in the town
of Stepanavan and several other cultural facilities. At the same time,
the governor said that light industry and machine building effectively
develop in the region, and the cheese produced in Lori is successfully
exported to the USA and Russia. A deficit of this product is already
observed on the local market.

Speaking at the session, NA Chairman Artur Baghdasaryan said that an
Armenian-Italian Business Forum will be held in October, and Lori
businessmen should take an active party in it. He promised that in
November, a Center of Information Technologies will open in Vanadzor
and that the forthcoming adoption of a Law On Public Health will solve
many problems in the sphere in region. Baghdasaryan also promised to
contribute to computerization of secondary schools in the region.