NKR PRESIDENT VISIT TO MOSCOW

Azat Artsakh Daily – Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
13-02-2007

On January 29 NKR President Arkady Ghukassian left for Moscow at
the invitation of the Russian Academy of Security, Defense and Law
Enforcement and the Academy of International Relations Studies. In
Moscow he was awarded real membership to these academies and got
certificates. We learned about this visit from the NKR president
press service after Arkady Ghukassian had returned.

Arkady Ghukassian was awarded the medal of Peter I Great for his
contribution to the friendship of Armenian and Russian peoples. During
the visit to Moscow the NKR president met with the local Armenian
community. Arrangements were made on launching big humanitarian and
business projects, including the reconstruction of the irrigation
system. The project costs about 15 million U.S. dollars, it will be
funded by Armenian businessmen of Moscow. Arkady Ghukassian also met
with the high-ranking Russian diplomatic circles. The current state
and the prospects of the Karabakh settlement were discussed.