NKR PRESIDENT MET WITH DIRECTOR OF HALO TRUST PROJECT ON KARABAKH

Azat Artsakh, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh
Oct 17 2006

On October 5 NKR President Arkady Ghukassian met with Valon Kumnova,
director of the Karabakh project of the HALO Trust, which deals with
humanitarian mine clearance, and Mathew Howell responsible for the
Balkan and Caucasian countries. The guests told the president about
the activities of the HALO Trust and the achievements. In particular,
they mentioned that about 100 sq km of area was cleared of mines and
over 43 thousand mines and unexploded ordnance were rendered to pose
no threat. For his part, Arkady Ghukassian mentioned that thanks to
the high quality of work the people of Artsakh respect and trust the
HALO Trust. The president thanked the organization and reasserted
the readiness of the Karabakh government to assist the project of the
HALO Trust in Artsakh. On October 5 NKR President Arkady Ghukassian
conducted a working consultation on several current issues on the home
and foreign policies. During the consultation the president instructed
the government to sum up the results of the survey on the social and
economic state in the region of Kashatagh and prepare the question for
discussing it in the upcoming meeting of the NKR Council of Security.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress