CONFERENCE WITH NKR AND RA PRIME MINISTERS’ PARTICIPATION

NKR Government Information and
Public Relations Department
May 07, 2009

Yesterday, the RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan paid a working visit
to Gyumri (province of Shirak). The Prime Minister got familiarized
with the construction works of "Ani" and "Mush" districts of the
town at spot which was followed by a working conference with the
participation of the NKR Prime Minister Ara Haroutyunyan, the RA
Vice-Premier, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan,
RA province governors, representatives of the corresponding ministries
and departments.

According to the information by the RA Government Information and
Public Relations Department the house-building process in disaster
areas, as well as the activities implemented within the framework
of cooperation between the RA provinces and administrative regions
of Nagorno Karabakh Republic were discussed. On part of the first
issue the RA Deputy Minister of Urban Planning, chief architect of
the Republic, Narek Sargsyan reported that the construction of 22
apartment houses or 1320 flats, that of about 900 dwelling houses in
Lori and Spitak is planned to be completed this year.

Edvard Melikyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of "Glendale
Hills" CJSC informed that within the framework of construction of
Gyumri’s "Mush" and "Ani" districts round 300 working places with an
average salary of 90-100 thousand drams were created, and in case of
realization of the whole volume of works the number of working places
will reach 1500.

The Prime Minister satisfactorily estimated the process of
house-building activities and, simultaneously, with the aim of
making the flats possibly accessible for people, drew attention to
the circumstances of forming prices on the flats under construction.

In concern with the next agenda issue of the conference, the RA Deputy
Minister of Territorial Administration Artashes Bakhshyan presented
an account on the arrangements implemented within the framework
of cooperation between the RA provinces and the NKR administrative
regions and on those envisaged for the current year. It was noted
that in the second half of 2008 and in the first months of this year
mutual visits of delegations were paid, exchange of experience and
consultations took place, certain activities aimed at cooperation
in the spheres of agriculture, nature conservation, healthcare,
education, culture and other ones were carried out. NKR Prime Minister
thanked the authorities of Armenia and the province governors for the
cooperation, which, according to him, greatly promotes the NKR economic
development. Discussing the further programmes of cooperation NKR
Prime Minister attached importance to the creation of direct contacts
between the higher educational institutions and schools of the NKR
and the RA, to the professional support and the issue of gradually
transferring the cooperation into the spheres of tourism and business.

The RA Vice-Premier, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen
Gevorgyan in his turn thanked the NKR authorities for the concerned
attitude they display towards the cooperation. He underlined the
importance of the regular organization of mutual visits and meetings
of this type so that the cooperation will carry a continual character.

Summarizing the results of the conference Prime Minister
Tigran Sargsyan estimated the implemented activities
positively. Simultaneously, the Prime Minister touched upon a number
of problems, which, according to him, are important from the viewpoint
of the essence of the RA Government’s anti-crisis programme. Tigran
Sargsyan attached importance to the arrangements aimed at organizing
the summer holidays of the population in Armenia and in the NKR. The
Prime Minister charged the RA province governors and proposed the
NKR Prime Minister within short time limits to provide information on
the conditions and opportunities for the rest of people and tourism
available in the RA provinces and in Nagorno Karabakh.

The Prime Minister also assigned the province governors a task to
estimate the volumes of grape purveyance in their provinces with the
aim of implementing grape export more efficiently. Tigran Sargsyan
emphasized as well the issue of social benefits, which was attached
importance to by the RA President during his working visit to the
province of Syunik . He charged the province governors to have
this issue in the focus of their attention, to take steps towards
specifying the lists of welfare recipient families in order to find
out the illegitimate welfare recipients so that these means could be
provided to the social strata being in real need of it.