BAKO SAHAKYAN NOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WIDENING COOPERATION WITH ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES OF THE NORTH CAUCASUS FEDERAL REGION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Noyan Tapan
Feb 15, 2010

PYATIGORSK, FEBRUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. On 13 February President of the
Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan arrived in the city of Pyatigorsk,
administrative center of the North Caucasus Federal Region of the
Russian Federation. On the same day the Head of the State met leaders
and representatives of business circles of the Armenian community of
the Stavrapol region. A wide range of issues related to strengthening
and deepening relations between the Motherland and the Diaspora were
discussed at the meeting. Then the President subsequently attended
the celebrations of Candlemas Day, which took place at the St.Sargis
church of the Pyatigorsk city.

According to Central information department of the office of the
NKR president, on 14 February President of the Artsakh Republic Bako
Sahakyan met in the city of Pyatigorsk representatives of the Armenian
communities of the South of Russia. During the meeting the Head of
the State introduced the current situation in Artsakh, socioeconomic
development of the republic as well as the current stage and prospects
of the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement. Special attention was
paid to issues related to the development of the Motherland-Diaspora
relations. Deepening these ties, as Bako Sahakyan underlined, 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 the President 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.