Parliamentary speaker welcomes youth visit to Karabakh

Noyan Tapan news agency, Yerevan
18 Nov 04

Stepanakert , 18 November: The chairman of the Nagornyy Karabakh
Republic [NKR] parliament, Oleg Yesayan, received a group of youth
organizations from various countries, who are visiting Artsakh
[Karabakh], and also members of NKR youth organizations on 16
November.

The head of the public relations department at the International
All-Armenian Youth Centre (Yerevan), which is the initiator of the
young activists’ visit to the NKR, group leader Ruben Markosyan noted
that the purpose of the visit is to familiarize the guests with the
formation of youth activity in Nagornyy Karabakh, with achievements
and problems in the public, political, legislative, social-economic
and educational-cultural spheres.

It was noted that young people from Sweden, Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia
and Montenegro, Hungary, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Latvia and also
various international youth organizations have arrived in Artsakh.

For his part, Oleg Yesayan said that the NKR authorities are
interested in such visits, as they provide an opportunity to show the
world how, under a political, communications and also information
blockade and without international aid, the people of Artsakh and
their leadership are building an independent and sovereign state.

“We think”, he said, “that we are far from our final goal, but we have
definitely come a long way.” It was noted that the NKR authorities,
including the National Assembly, spoke highly of the Artsakh youth
organizations’ work.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress