RA Government delegation visits Artsakh
armradio.am
05.07.2008 14:40
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s working visit to the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic started on July 5. The delegation headed by RA Prime
Minister comprises the Ministers of Finance, Energy and Natural
Resources, Education and Science, Culture, Agriculture and the Mayor of
Yerevan. In the morning the Prime Minister had a meeting with his
counterpart Arayik Harutyunyan. Simultaneously the Armenian and NKR
Ministers met to discuss issues of mutual interest.
Following the meeting the Prime Ministers and members of government of
the two countries held working consultations, followed by a sitting of
governments in an extended format. Participants of the sitting summed
up the results of the previous meetings and discussions, set the future
directions and programs of cooperation. At the beginning of the sitting
NKR Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan thanked the Armenian Government
and its leaders for interested and fruitful discussions and the
willingness to cooperate.
Speaking about the aims of the visit, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
noted that the objective is to form the agenda including the fields of
cooperation and find joint solutions to those agenda issues. The
Armenian Prime Minister attached importance to the implementation of
second-generation reforms in NKR. `In Armenia we have new initiatives,
which already yield positive results. In his pre-election platform RA
President has proposed the idea that we should be able to make maximal
use of the potential of the whole Armenian nation, which means that
first of all we must show our citizens the spheres and programs where
they can make investments. We should not rely only on state means, but
create a favorable atmosphere for attracting investments from the
private sector.’
During the joint sitting of RA and NKR Governments the Ministers
presented the problems existing in their spheres, the directions of
cooperation targeted at their solution and development programs.
Following the sitting members of government of the two countries
visited the Memorial to the victims of the Artsakhi war and laid a
wreath of flowers.
In the evening Tigran Sargsyan will have a meeting with NKR President
Bako Sahakyan. Tomorrow morning the Armenian government delegation will
participate in the opening of the water network in Khramoti and
Kolkhozashen villages.