CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NEGOTIATION PROCESS DISCUSSED AT NKR SECURITY COUNCIL SITTING
Noyan Tapan
Dec 04 2006
STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. An extended sitting of the
NKR Security Council chaired by the NKR President Arkady Ghukasian
with the participation of government members and the heads of the
NKR National Assembly took place on December 4. At the beginning
of the sitting, A. Ghukasian heard the reports of the heads of
the respective departments on the sitiation in the contact line of
the Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces. A. Ghukasian presented
the results of his visit to the US in November and his meetings
with religious, social-political, cultural and business circles
of the Armenian community there. The NKR President appreciated the
participation of American Armenians and the Armenians in general in
the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s television marathon for restoration
of the NKR’s Hadrut region. He said that the results of the money
raising and the constant interest in NKR’s revival show once again the
Armenian people’s faith and confidence in the future of Artsakh and
its people. On behalf of the Artsakh people, he expressed gratitude to
all participants of the marathon once again. Then the Security Council
discussed issues on the agenda. Those present spoke about the latest
developments of the negotiation process, discussed the process of
preparing for the referendum on the NKR Constitution and exchanged
opinions about the 2007 draft state budget of the NKR developed
by the government. After becoming acquainted with the government’s
report on the work done in the last period and the current issues,
the NKR President gave respective instructions.