MEETING WITH THE NKR PRESIDENT

Azat Artsakh – Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR)
7 Sept 04

On September 4 NKR president Arkady Ghukassian met with Armenian
benefactors from America Karapet, Saro and Narek Harutyunian. During
the warm talk in which Prime Minister Anoushavan Danielian and the
head of the Agency for Migration, Refugees and Resettlement Serge
Amirkhanian also took part, the guests informed the president on the
programs implemented in Nagorni Karabakh on their means. These are
the building of the boarding school in Gandzassar, the Art Center of
Shoushi, and restoration of the new village Knaravan in Karvachar.
According to Karapet Harutyunian, the school building and 15 houses
have been built in the village already. The benefactors plan to finance
the construction of another 30 houses, as well as the buildings of
the municipality, the surgery and the cultural center. They also plan
to implement programs of developing such branches of agriculture as
beekeeping and cattle breeding. Highly appreciating the contribution
of the family Harutyunian to the post-war restoration of Artsakh,
Arkady Ghukassian also pointed out the importance of further promotion
of the relationships between NKR and the Armenian Diaspora as one
of the conditions of further development of Nagorni Karabakh. At
the meeting were present the president of the Armenian union of
public organizations “Yerkir” Sevak Artsruni and Australian Armenian
entrepreneur Hakob Abulakian.

AA.
07-09-2004

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress