DEPARTMENT FOR TOURISM WAS SET UP
KarabakhOpen
21-06-2008 13:33:28
In yesterday’s meeting the government approved the amendments to the
law on the structure of the government. Three new departments have
been set up: the department of tourism, the department of industrial
infrastructures and the department of construction.
The department of tourism is a novelty the necessity of which,
according to Prime Minister Ara Harutiunyan, is determined by the
intention of the government to develop tourism in NKR.
The department of construction was created on the basis of a former
department of the ministry of urban planning. According to the prime
minister, the department will deal with capital construction, and the
local organizations will be in charge of current construction. "And
the ministry will be in charge of the urban planning policy," Ara
Harutiunyan said.
The department of industrial infrastructures which used to be in the
president administration will now be a separate structure.
According to the bill, the department of migration, refugees and
settlement will be reorganized into a department of the ministry of
social security.
The Retirement Fund will also be transferred to the ministry.
The department of archive which used to be a separate structure will
not join the ministry of justice.
According to the bill, the following bodies will operate under the
NKR government: National Security Service, the tax service, the rescue
service, the State Cadastre Committee, the State Sports Committee, the
department of industrial infrastructures, the department of tourism,
the department of construction, the department of environment and
natural resources, the water board and the NKR Police.
According to the prime minister, the optimization of the government
will last till the end of the year. "In 2009 we will have an effective
government," Ara Harutiunyan said.