Nagorno-Karabakh President Meets With Armenian Community Members In

NAGORNO-KARABAKH PRESIDENT MEETS WITH ARMENIAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN RUSSIA

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16:18 ~U 15.02.10

On February 13, Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan
arrived in the city of Pyatigorsk, the administrative center of the
North Caucasus Federal Region of the Russian Federation.

On the same day, the head of state met leaders and representatives of
business circles of the Armenian community of the Stavrapol region,
where a wide range of issues related to strengthening and deepening
relations between the homeland and the Diaspora were discussed.

Sahakyan subsequently attended Candlemas celebrations at Pyatigorsk’s
St.Sargis Armenian church.

On February 14, Sahakyan met Armenian community representatives from
southern Russia in Pyatigorsk.

During the meeting, the head of the state presented Nagorno-Karabakh’s
current situation, the republic’s socioeconomic development, as well
as the current stage and prospects of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict
settlement. Special attention was paid to issues related to developing
homeland-Diaspora relations. Deepening these ties, Sahakyan emphasized,
would have a positive effect both on strengthening the independent
Armenian statehood and on the consolidation of the Diaspora and
preserving its national identity.

Within this context, Sahakyan noted the importance of the widening
cooperation with Armenian communities of the North Caucasus Federal
Region of the Russian Federation, particularly those of the Stavropol
region, qualifying them as promising.